Publisher: Daily Memphian


Birding helps some ‘feel a part of something bigger’

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Sarah Rose Cullen keeps her bird feeders well stocked for the array of species that visit her Millington backyard.


Conaway: We are the target; we are the catch

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There is a school of thought that what’s happening in Washington, D.C., has nothing to do with us and dwelling on it serves no purpose.


UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board on Friday, May 9, unanimously approved a $711.2 million operating budget for 2026.


Regional One Health adds several robotic surgical systems

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Regional One Health is improving its surgical care by upgrading its technologies with the addition of a hybrid operating room and robotic surgical systems.


Le Bonheur hires its first chief of child psychology, behavioral health

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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has named Dr. Donald J. Bearden its first chief of pediatric psychology and behavioral health.


Old Medical District Holiday Inn to be demolished as UTHSC modernizes

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The demolition of the old Holiday Inn hotel tower at 969 Madison Ave. in the Memphis Medical District is underway with expected completion by February.


Fire and ice is a very hot — and then very cold — health trend

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Sixty-year-old Dena Dodson is known — in at least one particular circle — as “The Ice Queen.” Dodson is a devotee of contrast therapy, in which participants alternate between time in a sauna and time in an ice bath. But it’s the ice bath she really likes.


Guest column: Declining vaccination rates have opened the door for measles to return

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Parents, grandparents, caregivers: Think back to when you brought home your newborn infant. Remember how proud you were, how in love you were and how you would do anything you could to make sure to care for and protect them.