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Expanding Evidence-Based Care for Dementia

Jul 14, 2021 at 01:02 pm by admin

Alzheimer's Association Creates Training, Certification Program The Alzheimer's Association recently launched a new training program with certification exam to advance the dep.... Read More

McDonald Murrmann: Celebrating Women for 25 Years

May 05, 2021 at 03:40 pm by admin

: Independent OB/GYN practice reflects on what makes it work A little over 25 years ago, I proposed an idea to Dr. Mary McDonald that we should leave the comfort of our 8 p.... Read More

TFA Affords Women Another Option to Treat Symptomatic Fibroids

May 05, 2021 at 03:22 pm by admin

Gynesonics' Sonata System Proving Efficient, Effective & Safe Almost always benign, women with symptomatic fibroids would be quick to say it doesn't mean the tumors aren'.... Read More

NCI Director Updates Cancer Progress

May 05, 2021 at 03:05 pm by admin

In April, National Cancer Institute Director Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless, MD, FAACR, addressed the virtual attendees of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeti.... Read More

MLH and Tenet Future

Dec 23, 2020 at 09:51 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Tenet have made the decision to continue to operate MLH and Saint Francis hospitals as separate health entities. With the Federal Trade Com.... Read More

Addressing a Chronic Killer

Nov 24, 2020 at 09:56 am by admin

HCA Hosts Kidney Disease Roundtable with CMS Administrator Seema Verma HCA Healthcare recently hosted Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma a.... Read More

Pandemic Pressures & Stress Takes Toll on Mental Health

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:57 pm by admin

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Anna Cook, is seeing firsthand the effects the pandemic is having on the mental health of West Tennesseans Working on the front lines of mental.... Read More

Fauci Updates Healthcare Professionals on COVID-19 During IDWeek 2020

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:51 pm by admin

In late October, healthcare professionals in infectious disease, healthcare epidemiology and prevention gathered virtually for IDWeek 2020, perhaps one of the most consequenti.... Read More

AACR Releases Landmark Cancer Disparities Progress Report

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:54 am by admin

On Sept. 16, the American Association for Cancer Research released a first-of-its-kind report outlining disparities in outcomes and clinical trial participation for ethnic and.... Read More

Pioneering the Future: Orthopaedic Advancements in a Changing Field

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:47 am by admin

Laura Whitsitt, M.S., SVP, Research & Development- Orthopaedics, Smith+Nephew, Inc. Laura Whitsitt During more than 30 years with global medical technology leader Smith+N.... Read More

Dry Needling: An Alternative in the Hands of Seasoned Professionals

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:34 am by admin

Technique is decades old but trending in Tennessee Dry needling has been utilized by physical therapists in Tennessee since 2011. In Tennessee, physical therapists are requir.... Read More

The Impact of Diabetes on Stroke

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:30 am by admin

Research Points to Worsened Brain Function, Increased Severity Diabetes is well established as a risk factor for stroke. For diabetics, the chance of having a stroke is 1.5 ti.... Read More

Is Alois Alzheimer Still Waiting?

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:59 am by admin

A fifty-one-year-old female presented to her physician's office with complaints of short-term memory loss and altered behavioral symptoms. After gradual but progressive decli.... Read More

Self-Care on the Front Lines of Coronavirus

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:57 am by admin

With coronavirus dominating news cycles for weeks now, it seems difficult ... if not impossible ... to escape the mounting death toll, case load, unemployment figures and econ.... Read More

New Study Looks at Cost Impact of OTC Birth Control

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:53 am by admin

On May 9, 'the pill' celebrates 60 years of approval from the Food and Drug Administration. While no over-the-counter option is currently available, a growing chorus of women'.... Read More