Publisher: Daily Memphian


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.


County grant panel near recommending ways to avoid future abuse

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The idea of requiring groups that get grants from the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to provide receipts on how they spent the money comes with some problems, according to a Memphis company that works with nonprofits on applying for such grants.


New Binghampton clinic will offer free care for diabetes, obesity and more

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ShelbyCares is launching a new community clinic in Binghampton on Thursday, March 27, that will expand access to preventative health care services.


Movers & Shakers

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After an extensive nationwide search, Dr. Michael Hocker has been named the new executive dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


‘Match Day’ celebration brings med students closer to careers

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Joy and excitement were on full display on Friday, March 21, at Beale Street Landing, where local medical students opened envelopes to find out where they will train as doctors.


UTHSC College of Medicine names Michael Hocker as its new dean

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has named Dr. Michael Hocker the new executive dean of the College of Medicine, the largest of its colleges.


Le Bonheur leader wants Heart Institute to be ‘center of excellence’

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Dr. Bret Mettler, chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive codirector of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute, was called into the operating room recently to perform a life-saving surgery on a newborn baby.