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 E-Mail IMAGE: Lead author Julia Phillippi, PhD, CNM, assistant professor and academic director of the Nurse-Midwifery program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing view more  Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center After a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), investigators analyzed comments received from the studys participants to further shed light on barriers to care, which in...

 E-Mail Statewide stay-at-home orders put in place as Tennessee fought to control the spread of coronavirus last March were associated with a 14% lower rate of preterm birth, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Pediatrics. Preterm infants have higher morbidity and mortality risks than babies born at term. Senior author Stephen Patrick, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy and a neonatologist at the Monroe Carell Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt ...

Statewide stay-at-home orders put in place as Tennessee fought to control the spread of coronavirus last March were associated with a 14% lower rate of preterm birth, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Pediatrics.

More mothers struggling with opioid addiction, fewer getting treatment America on pace to have record number of overdoses this year and last updated 2020-12-23 16:34:30-05 America has an opioid problem and more mothers are struggling with sobriety. “At the height of my addiction, I could take anywhere from 20 or 30 Percocets a day if I had them,” said Amanda Martin, who’s opioid addiction started shortly after the death of a child. “My third born son died shortly after he wa...

Others are concerned about the side effects of the vaccine or have objections on religious grounds to receiving vaccinations. Still others, especially those in rural areas of the state, arent sure when they will even have access to the vaccines — a concern shared by rural hospitals and health care providers. TEA plans to survey its own members in January about their feelings toward the vaccine. This month the organization surveyed members about their current working conditions ahead of the st...

But half of the parents surveyed in this recent poll agreed they would be more likely to wear a mask if there was a state mandate. A much larger portion of Black parents – 73% – report wearing masks, compared to 52% of white parents, and 79% of Black parents say they believe mask-wearing is important for children, compared to 65% of white parents. Black, Hispanic and other members of marginalized racial or ethnic groups are among the Americans who are getting infected and dying at disprop...

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>> ifill: later the president spoke to u.s. troops he plans to address the american people from afghanistan at 7:30 eastern time tonight. for more on all this, we turn to patrick quinn, kabul bureau chief for the associated press joining us now by telephone. patrick, when did you learn that a presidential visit was imminent? >> well, we only found out just shortly before he arrived. there were rumors he was coming. but it was a complete surprise, i think, to almost everybody in afgha...

with peace. and pursuing a more hopeful fu as equal partners. to borrow words from this agreement, we are committed to seeking a future of justice, peace, security, and opportunity. and im confident that although our challenges are not yet behind us that the future before us is bright. >> ifill: later the president spoke to u.s. troops he plans to address the american people from afghanistan at 7:30 eastern time tonight. for more on all this, we turn to patrick quinn, kabul bureau ch...

with peace. and pursuing a more hopeful fu as equal partners. to borrow words from this agreement, we are committed to seeking a future of justice, peace, security, and opportunity. and im confident that although our challenges are not yet behind us that the future before us is bright. >> ifill: later the president spoke to u.s. troops he plans to address the american people from afghanistan at 7:30 eastern time tonight. for more on all this, we turn to patrick quinn, kabul bureau ch...