Team Hope program's mission is to enhance care for newborns with NAS

A collaborative program across units at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is changing the way nurses and doctors care for newborns diagnosed with drug withdrawal symptoms at birth, also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). View...

First lady visits Children's Hospital to learn about VUMC's opioid approach

First lady Melania Trump visited Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Tuesday to learn firsthand about Team Hope, Vanderbilt's multidisciplinary team focused on helping infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as well as their families. View...

Integrated, multidisciplinary approach key to opioid fight: panel

No single approach will end the epidemic of fatal overdoses caused by addiction to opioid painkillers and heroin that is ravaging this country, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, Adm. Brett Giroir, MD, warned Tuesday during a panel discussion in a packed lecture hall at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...

Valsartan recall: What you should know

The Food and Drug Administration has announced the voluntary recall of tablets that contain a generic drug known as valsartan. If you are wondering what to do after hearing news about the recall of certain drugs used to treat high blood pressure, the first message from experts at Vanderbilt Health is this: keep taking your medication. View...

I passed out cold in this Vanderbilt doctor's office in the 1980s. I've never forgotten her reaction

In a failed attempt to become physically fit, I took up jogging. My left knee swelled to the size of a cabbage. I went to see Dr. Elizabeth Szalay. View...