Tennessee Poison Center offers tips for preventing and treating black widow and brown recluse spider bites

Beware leaves of three: Tips for avoiding poison ivy

It’s the time of year when backyards attract children, trails beckon hikers, and poison ivy attacks the unwary. The Tennessee Poison Center at VUMC provides tips for avoiding or treating the itch-causing plant pest this summer.

Tips for avoiding or treating poison ivy from the Tennessee Poison Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Tennessee Poison Center warns against designer drug “N-bomb”

Tennessee Poison Center physician urges caution with powdered alcohol

Stay safe from carbon monoxide poisoning during cold snap

With temperatures in the next few days predicted to be the coldest of the winter so far, people using space heaters to get some extra warmth into their homes need to be aware of a potential silent killer—carbon monoxide.