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Study Finds 500 New Blood Pressure Genes

May 06, 2024 at 09:07 pm by WGNS News

Health News - An analysis of the genomes of more than 1 million people of European ancestry, conducted by several of the world’s leading genomic centers, including Vande.... Read More

Murfreesboro Based TwelveStone Health Partners Announces Lexington and Louisville KY Openings

Oct 26, 2023 at 08:41 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - TwelveStone Health Partners, a leading provider of comprehensive chronic care medication services, announces to the central Kentucky business and healthcare.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Medical Clinic Releases Information on their Tuesday Schedule after Last Week's Criminal Cyber-Attack

May 08, 2023 at 08:23 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - Murfreesboro Medical Clinic continues to recover from the criminal cyber-attack on their computer systems that started on April 22nd and rapidly gre.... Read More

UPDATE: WGNS Spoke to the CEO of Murfreesboro Medical Clinic to Learn More About the Criminal Cyber-Attack that Led to MMC Shutting Down for Several Days

May 04, 2023 at 06:45 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TENN. – Murfreesboro Medical Clinic has announced an update regarding their services after their computer systems were criminally hacked. On Thursday after.... Read More

UPDATE: Murfreesboro Medical Clinic Fell Victim to a Sophisticated Criminal Cyberattack

May 02, 2023 at 09:00 am by WGNS News

See our updated article HERE MURFREESBORO, TENN. – UPDATED MAY 3, 2023: Murfreesboro Medical Clinic remains CLOSED on Wednesday after a recent criminal cy.... Read More

Smyrna's TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Becomes First Level III ACS Verified Center in TN

Apr 27, 2023 at 05:54 pm by WGNS News

SMYRNA, Tenn. - TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center has achieved verification as an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Level III Trauma Center. TriStar StoneCr.... Read More

VUMC-Led Trial Shows 2-Investigational Drugs Ineffective for Treating Severe COVID-19

Apr 11, 2023 at 11:37 am by WGNS News

Health News - Despite the success of vaccines for preventing COVID-19, and of drugs for treating the disease, outcomes for severely ill patients admitted to the hospital remai.... Read More

Flu Prevention and Treatment with Seasonal Influenza Activity High in TN and Severe Nationwide

Jan 04, 2023 at 09:01 pm by WGNS News

The Tennessee Department of Health is encouraging all Tennesseans who have not had their annual flu vaccine to get immunized as soon as possible to protect themselves and prev.... Read More

Medical News: Excess Oxygen During Anesthesia Linked to Risk of Organ Injury

Dec 01, 2022 at 07:00 pm by WGNS News

(Medical Study) Unnecessarily high concentrations of oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia may increase risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart, according t.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Received the Tennessee Department of Health BEST Award for Efforts to Decrease Infant Mortality

Apr 27, 2022 at 06:40 pm by WGNS

In 2020, more than 6 out of every 1,000 infants in Tennessee did not make it to their first birthday. In an effort to save lives, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has partner.... Read More

U.S. Precision Medicine Research Program Releases Genomic Data

Mar 18, 2022 at 03:15 pm by WGNS

Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including who.... Read More