Publisher: Daily Memphian


Bacteria in the blood may be reason heart attacks so fatal to dialysis patients

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Dr. Keiichi Sumida has watched patients in end-stage renal failure suffer a litany of health problems caused by inflammation, including heart attacks, strokes and early death.


UTHSC doctor honored for ground-breaking research in cancer genome

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Dr. Neil Hayes, head of the division of hematology and oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is among the recipients of the 2020 Team Science Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research for his work in developing The Cancer Genome Atlas.


Starbucks opens in UTHSC food court, 920 Madison

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Another Starbucks has opened in the Medical District, this time in the food court at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 920 Madison. July 20: Memphis Business Journal


How local health experts deal with COVID-19 in daily lives

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Local infectious disease experts are helping us all manage and mitigate the coronavirus pandemic.


UTHSC: Animal care complaint ‘promptly’ addressed

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A critic of animal-based experiments has taken the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) to task for how baby pigs were treated in a 2019 research project. Stop Animal Exploitation Now this week called for a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation, based on findings reported by the medical university’s in-house Institutional Animal Care &… Read More


Facing the coronavirus with facts, not fear

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The news seems consistently negative – more cases of COVID-19 in our community, more COVID-19-related hospital admissions, and overwhelming anxiety that our hospitals may not be able to accommodate the rapid influx of COVID-19 patients. These biologic concerns are amplified by the politicization of COVID-19, leading people to wonder what is fact and what is… Read More


UTHSC will provide COVID-19 testing for U of M campus

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is partnering with the University of Memphis to provide COVID-19 testing for U of M students returning in the fall. The partnership is an extension of successful research, education and outreach collaborations. Also mentioned on: Commercial Appeal: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2020/07/11/university-memphis-work-uthsc-covid-19-testing/5418298002/


Public health experts reiterate importance of wearing a mask

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To stem the rise of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Shelby County, mask and facial covering use must increase locally, multiple public health officials reiterated at a press briefing Tuesday afternoon. “It’s my belief that the only way we’re going to see the numbers going back down, hospitalizations heading back down, is we have… Read More