Flu, RSV, or COVID-19? Convergence of Three Viruses Creates Risk of Diagnostic Errors

Nov 02, 2023 at 06:17 pm by pjeter

  By DEBRA KANE HILL, MBA, RN   As we transition into colder weather, it is possible that healthcare practitioners will again see a spike in influenza (flu), resp.... Read More

Lindsey Blevins, CEO of Crestwyn Behavioral Health

Nov 02, 2023 at 06:05 pm by pjeter

   People are ending up in crisis situations due to a lack of early mental health care.   By BECKY GILLETTE   Lindsey Blevins, LPC-MHSP-S, spent the e.... Read More

For This UTHSC Researcher, Effective Stroke Treatment is Personal

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:58 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   A family history of strokes and the devastating toll exacted on his loved ones led Memphis professor and researcher Jianxiong Jiang to embark on.... Read More

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have pinpointed in DNA the gene therapy for safe cures of infants with SCID-X1

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:46 pm by pjeter

Patients with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disorder (SCID-X1), sometimes called “bubble boy disease,” are born with a defective gene that prevents the.... Read More

BMHCC Celebrates 30-year Anniversary of Heart Transplant Patient

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:45 pm by pjeter

  The Baptist Heart Institute at Baptist Memphis, the only Mid-South hospital that performs adult heart transplants, recently celebrated the 30-year Anniversary of one o.... Read More

Campbell Clinic Adds Five New Physicians

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:42 pm by pjeter

  Campbell Clinic, a national and international leader in orthopaedic medicine, surgery, teaching and research, recently added five new physicians to its growing team of.... Read More

Regional One Health’s Labor & Delivery and NICU Awarded Gold “5 Star” Designation

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:33 pm by pjeter

Regional One Health’s Labor & Delivery and NICU recently received theTennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care’s (TIPQC) Gold “5 Star” recogn.... Read More

UTHSC College of Health Professions Receives $3.25 Million Grant

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:17 pm by pjeter

  The College of Health Professions at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is celebrating a significant milestone as it secures its largest grant t.... Read More

Farah Cardosi Returns to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Nov 02, 2023 at 05:07 pm by pjeter

  Farah Cardosi, DNP, returns to primary care practice with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. She joins Robert Kraus, MD, and Gordon Kraus, MD, at Methodist Medical Group.... Read More

A New Era of Cybersecurity: From Compliance to Risk Management

Sep 12, 2023 at 06:08 pm by pjeter

  By CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT   Cybercriminals’ agendas are clear: attack, breach and repeat. They’ll try nearly any tactic, from phishing to ransomware, to.... Read More

Edie Miller, COO, Executes All-physician Pediatric Practice’s Plan for Growth and Independence

Sep 12, 2023 at 06:04 pm by pjeter

  By TOM BAILEY   Pediatrics East had already decided to make big changes before Edie Miller came aboard two years ago, but the physician-owned practice turned ov.... Read More

Dr. Owen Tabor, Jr. Stepped Hesitantly onto His Father’s Path; He’s Happy He Did

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:47 pm by pjeter

  Now, he has advice for parents of young athletes.   By JAMES DOWD   Growing up in Memphis, Owen Tabor, Jr., MD, loved sports and enjoyed his gridiron ex.... Read More

Cyberbullying Pervasive and Can Be Devastating

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:33 pm by pjeter

  Helping teens learn how to respond to online bullying   By BECKY GILLETTE   Negative online social interactions, such as cyberbullying, can be devastatin.... Read More

The Inflation Reduction Act: How Price Controls Could Disrupt Clinical Trials and Stifle Medical Innovation

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:25 pm by pjeter

  By HARSHA RAJASIMHA   The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes important provisions purported to lower drug spending and improve access to medications for man.... Read More

West Cancer Foundation Awards Oncology Fellows Grant to UT Health Science Center

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:17 pm by pjeter

West Cancer Foundation has announced it awarded a grant to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to fund its Oncology Fellowship program to increase local.... Read More