Mental health issues complicate treatment for sickle cell patients
Black patients in Memphis with sickle cell disease often report being misdiagnosed or treated as drug seekers when they show up in emergency rooms during pain crises.
Publisher: Daily Memphian
Movers & Shakers
Dr. Hae Won Shin has been named chair of the Department of Neurology and Semmes-Murphey Professor of Excellence at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine.
First Black UTHSC graduate visits his old stomping grounds
Dr. Alvin Crawford, the first Black graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, returned to Memphis Monday, Feb. 26, to visit with students, present research and sign his recently published autobiography.
UTHSC Dental College will ‘Give Kids a Smile’
Students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry are gearing up to give free dental care to more than 100 middle and high school students from Freedom Preparatory Academy on Monday, Feb. 26, as part of Give Kids a Smile Day. For almost a decade, the college has participated in the… Read More
Homeless hospital patient discharged wearing only a gown. It’s not an unusual story
“This anecdote is one I can confirm that we hear from those direct service providers, shelter providers,” said Meiman, the alliance’s planning director. She said they have started working with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine to help teach students social determinants in health care classes.
Opinion: There are proven efforts that will reduce crime
Our community has a lot of positive momentum. Downtown is surrounded by a booming medical community, with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, LeBonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center all expanding.
County looks to Nashville for jail’s mental health facility
According to local leaders, the facility is necessary because a third of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center’s population struggles with mental health issues.
Life-changing vision equipment helps children see more clearly
Children with severe vision impairment have received high-tech vision aids for free thanks to a local initiative by the Southern College of Optometry and Sight Savers America. The children were identified by low vision doctors from the SCO and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, as well as by teachers serving visually impaired students… Read More