By: Bill Frist, M.D. This piece is coauthored by Saketh R. Guntupalli, MD, FACOG, FACS. Dr. Guntupalli is assistant professor of gynecologic oncology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. This past year, the United States received the dubious…

By Bill Frist, M.D. Smoking kills. The good news is today we have effective tools to fight it. But some are trying to take those tools away. Smoking is the number one killer and public health challenge today, causing more…

CDC Urges Community-Wide Approach to Health NashvilleHealth and the Metro Public Health Department were pleased to recently host John Auerbach, director of policy with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a candid discussion on reducing Nashville’s hypertension rates. Dr….

By: Holly Fletcher The Metro Public Health Department, Tennessee State University and NashvilleHealth are putting together a collaboration to decrease the rates of infant mortality and preterm births in Davidson County. The collaboration is going to look at a variety of…

By: Bill Frist, M.D. Earlier this year, I called attention to the dangers added sugars pose to cardiovascular health and other health outcomes.  In the months since, many people have told me how surprised they’ve been to learn about the…