Have you ever wondered how vaccines work? Vaccines reduce your child’s risk of infection by working with their body’s natural defenses to help them safely develop immunity to disease.

Whether you are a first-time race participant or you're a seasoned veteran; a runner or walker; tackling a 5K or the full marathon distance; it’s important to take care of your body during the last few weeks of training and on race day.

In this video, Columbus Regional Health interventional pulmonologist Dr. Deepankar Sharma shares insights about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — what it is, how COPD is diagnosed and treated, as well as how to live with and manage the disease.

Nurse practitioners (N.P.s) are clinicians who treat various health issues while focusing on disease prevention, health management, and patient education.

Columbus Regional Health (CRH) is introducing a new model of care in some Columbus Regional Health Physicians offices and at Columbus Regional Hospital to improve the services we provide to patients. As part of this model, nurse practitioners and physicians work as a team to care for patients.