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The World Around Us Shapes the Health Within Us
I spent much of my life looking inside the human body.
 • Bill Frist
It’s World Ocean Day: Here’s Why Life Depends On Our Oceans
Today, on World Ocean Day, I’m sharing a reflection I wrote about the profound connection between ocean health and human health—and why protecting our…
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You (Or Your Parents) Are Going To Fall: Here’s What You Must Know
I’m sharing below one of the most popular articles I’ve written in the last five years.
 • Bill Frist
How A Rock Star, A Physician-Legislator, And An Evangelical Senator Bonded To Help End The Global AIDS Pandemic
Twenty-three years ago tomorrow, Republicans and Democrats came together to enact the U.S.
 • Bill Frist
Nature Is Water Infrastructure — An Innovative New Example from Cape Town
A few years ago, the city of Cape Town, South Africa came frighteningly close to running out of water.
 • Bill Frist
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Myth Diagnosis: "Nuclear energy is dangerous and harmful to public health."
Myth: “Nuclear energy is dangerous and harmful to public health.”
 • Bill Frist
The Overlooked Connection Between Infrastructure, Nature and Public Health
America tends to think about infrastructure, environmental policy, and public health as separate conversations.
 • Bill Frist
What Air Pollution is Doing to Your Brain
Studies are beginning to link air pollution particles with brain inflammation, faster cognitive decline and increased dementia risk.
 • Bill Frist
When the Boardroom Wakes Up to Climate Risk in Health Care
The moment climate risk became a boardroom issue in health care wasn’t political.
 • Bill Frist
Join Me for a Virtual Discussion this Week with Senator Lamar Alexander
Connecting the Dots: Education, Conservation & the Future of Southern Appalachia
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The Patient Who Changed Everything
What One Transplant Taught Us About Medicine, Courage, and Time
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60 Feet Underwater, Ocean Health Connects to Human Health
Sixty feet below the surface at Palmyra Atoll, I was reminded of something we too often forget: health is not isolated—it is interconnected.
 • Bill Frist
Traditions of a Two-Million-Year-Old Bird
How the great Sandhill crane migration gave me a new perspective
 • Bill Frist
New Data, Hard Truths: What a New Tennessee Dashboard Reveals About Firearm Deaths
In 2023 alone, firearm injuries and deaths cost Tennessee an estimated $3.6 billion, or about $510 per person.
 • Bill Frist
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