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Gamma Tile Therapy Comes to Memphis

May 07, 2023 at 11:20 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   For patients diagnosed with brain tumors, standard treatments include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. And while those options can y.... Read More

The No Surprises Act is Full of Surprises

Mar 18, 2023 at 08:46 pm by pjeter

  Legislation had problems from the get-go   By LYNNE JETER   The No Surprises Act (NSA), which went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, to protect patients from an.... Read More

2023 Legislative Priorities for TMA/Memphis Medical Society/MGMA

Mar 18, 2023 at 06:13 pm by pjeter

  By CLINT CUMMINGS, MHA   2023 will be a year of working to clean up, rehabilitate, and polish several areas that impact the practice of medicine. Medical groups.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute’s Matthew Wilson, MD, Looks to Farther Horizons

Mar 18, 2023 at 05:55 pm by pjeter

   No place for complacency   By JAMES DOWD   Dr. Matthew Wilson has witnessed significant changes in the medical landscape during the two decades he&.... Read More

Coronaphobia, a Perplexing Social Anxiety Disorder

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:44 pm by admin

  By LYNNE JETER Slow pandemic reintegration posing a problem for healthcare professionals   Coronaphobia, a newly minted term, perhaps best describes patients s.... Read More

An Interventionalist’s Perspective on Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:21 pm by admin

  By WINFRED B. ABRAMS, JR., MD   Chronic pain, defined as pain of at least 3-6 months, affects more than 20 percent of Americans. Managing this pain can be frust.... Read More

What We Owe Long COVID Patients

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:00 pm by admin

  By DR. ZIJIAN CHEN The complexity of delivering an accurate diagnosis   When Gov. Andrew Cuomo shut down New York City in March 2020, we knew little about trea.... Read More

This Sports Medicine Surgeon is a Man for All Seasons

Sep 13, 2022 at 02:31 pm by pjeter

By LAWRENCE BUSER Treatments at OrthoSouth evolving through the years    As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, Marcus Biggers, MD, doesn&rsquo.... Read More

Growing Trend of Younger Patients Seeking Ortho Treatment

Sep 13, 2022 at 01:41 pm by pjeter

By JAMES DOWD    More effort being directed toward prevention   Growing up the son of two physicians, Drew Murphy, MD, decided early on that his future lay.... Read More

No Prison Time for Tennessee Nurse Convicted of Fatal Drug Error

May 14, 2022 at 10:57 pm by pjeter

By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rally.... Read More

The Murky Waters of Long COVID

May 11, 2022 at 03:27 pm by pjeter

The impact on women's health, need for more research, depression issues and new initiatives   By LYNNE JETER The suicide last May of Long COVID sufferer Heidi Ferrer r.... Read More

New Construction, Strategic Expansion Changing Landscape at St. Jude

May 10, 2022 at 06:23 pm by pjeter

 Report from new SVP of Campus Operations, Jose Fernandez   By JAMES DOWD When he joined St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the summer of 2021, Jose F.... Read More

Testing When Patients are Young Can Inform Better Care as They Age

May 10, 2022 at 03:55 pm by pjeter

Brother/sister physicians at MOGA enjoy being there for patients some of their most vulnerable times   By LAWRENCE BUSER With a father who is a physician and a mother,.... Read More

2022 Legislative Priorities for TMA, Memphis Medical Society and the MGMA

Mar 10, 2022 at 01:39 pm by admin

2022 Legislative Priorities for TMA/Memphis Medical Society/MGMA 2022 will be a year of implementing what C-19 has taught us and cleaning up some of the messes it has left us..... Read More