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Light at the End of the Tunnel?

May 15, 2019 at 02:37 pm by admin

Pilot Program Tackles Problem of Addiction, Overdoses The numbers are staggering. On average, 115 people die every day nationwide from overdoses of opioids. In Shelby County,.... Read More

A Match Made in the Maternity Ward

May 15, 2019 at 02:22 pm by admin

MOGA Evolved After These Two Doctors Handled an Emergency Doctors play a significant role in the lives of their patients with every visit, every surgical procedure, every dia.... Read More

Accessing the Spectrum of Quality Care

May 15, 2019 at 02:19 pm by admin

Reflections on Women's Health as ACOG Wraps its Annual Meeting The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has just wrapped the 2019 Annual Clinical and Sc.... Read More

Searching for Ways to Lighten a Financial Load

May 15, 2019 at 02:01 pm by admin

Healthcare Tuition Costs Weigh Heavily on Many Students The balance sits out there like a distant, dark cloud. It rumbles every so often to remind registered nurse Cynthia Bar.... Read More

Reimagining Residency

May 15, 2019 at 01:54 pm by admin

AMA's Next Push in Transforming Physician Training In 2013, the American Medical Association announced an ambitious effort to accelerate change in medical education. Starting.... Read More

St. Jude Gene Therapy Cures Babies with 'Bubble Boy' Disease

May 15, 2019 at 01:48 pm by admin

Gene therapy developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has cured infants born with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) according to a report released.... Read More

UTHSC To Award 874 Degrees During Spring Commencement

May 15, 2019 at 01:01 pm by admin

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will award 874 degrees to new healthcare professionals during its spring commencement ceremonies scheduled throughout.... Read More

HealthChoice Selects George Wortham as CEO

May 15, 2019 at 01:00 pm by admin

HealthChoice, a Memphis-based physician hospital organization (PHO), has named George Wortham, MD, to replace outgoing president and CEO Mitch Graves, who will serve as chief.... Read More

Shaved Heads Result in Fellowship Grants

May 15, 2019 at 12:58 pm by admin

The St. Baldrick's Foundation has awarded a $175,612 fellowship grant to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and a $5,000 Summer Fellowship grant to the University of Tennes.... Read More

Methodist Healthcare Foundation President Retires

May 15, 2019 at 12:55 pm by admin

Paula Jacobson, who served as president of the Methodist Healthcare Foundation for 18 years, has retired. Jacobson, who joined Methodist in 2000, has overseen fundraising acti.... Read More

Mitch Graves Named CEO of West Cancer Center

May 15, 2019 at 12:47 pm by admin

Mitch Graves, who has more than 30 years in leadership positions with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH), began this month as the new Chief Executive Officer of West Cancer.... Read More

HealthLink International Opens Memphis Facility

May 15, 2019 at 12:44 pm by admin

HealthLink International, a 'total solutions provider' for companies active in the medical device and human tissue markets, has opened a medical device facility in Memphis a t.... Read More

Annual 'Ride for Life' Bike Tour Set for June 23

May 15, 2019 at 12:37 pm by admin

The eighth Annual 'Ride for Life' (for Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness) is scheduled 7 am Sunday, June 23 at Memorial Park, 5668 Poplar Ave. The 25-mile ride is a non-co.... Read More

UTHSC Ranked Among Top 10 Safest Colleges in America

May 15, 2019 at 12:31 pm by admin

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has been ranked in the Top 10 among the 2019 Safest Colleges in America, according to a list released by the National.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Labs Earn Accreditation

May 15, 2019 at 12:29 pm by admin

The laboratories at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) have been awarded reaccreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The system of laboratories at MLH.... Read More