Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 30 of 36

Newborn baby resting in a hospital incubator with monitoring electrodes attached to the chest, while an adult’s hand gently touches the baby’s head.
April 30, 2015

Babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms on rise

The number of infants born in the United States with drug withdrawal symptoms, also known as neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), nearly doubled in a four-year period.

By Christina Echegaray
White vitamin tablets spilling from an open brown bottle onto a blue surface beside its metal cap.
April 13, 2015

Vanderbilt study finds babies exposed to narcotic pain relievers more likely to experience drug withdrawal syndrome

Legally prescribed narcotics taken during pregnancy can lead to neonatal abstinence syndrome, especially in combination with tobacco or SSRIs.

By Christina Echegaray
April 9, 2015

SOCKs a great fit for Children’s Hospital surgeon-scientists

After 10 years working together, Chevis Shannon, MBA, MPH, Dr.PH, and John “Jay” Wellons III, M.D., MSPH, can practically finish each other’s sentences and help fuel one another’s academic ideas.

By Christina Echegaray
Portrait of Ellen Wright Clayton wearing glasses, a red jacket, and a multicolored scarf.
April 9, 2015

Clayton receives leadership award from University of Iowa

Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D., the Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and professor of Law at Vanderbilt University, recently received the 2015 Frank H. Morriss Jr. Leadership Award from the University of Iowa.

By Christina Echegaray
Three jockeys race horses across a steeplechase course, with spectators gathered behind a wooden fence.
April 9, 2015

Steeplechase again set to saddle up for Children’s Hospital

Nashville and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are gearing up for another year of one of America’s premier horse racing events, the Iroquois Steeplechase, now in its 74th year.

By Christina Echegaray
A large group of visitors wearing conference badges descends a staircase in a brightly decorated hospital atrium, while a suited man stands at the right.
March 26, 2015

Virginia group tours Children’s Hospital as facility role model

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt just received the highest compliment.

By Christina Echegaray