For more than a decade, researchers have suspected air pollution reduces IQ in humans, and the results show up as early as age 4 from in utero exposure. Now, it’s possible that more fresh produce, including leafy salads, sides of greens or oranges in mothers’ lunchboxes, could help mitigate the seriousness. Frances A. Tylavsky, a… Read More
SPECIAL REPORT: Families get help in protecting kids from the factors that might put them at risk
In a few weeks, a pilot program that has taken years of research, planning and preparation will launch, with resources in place to decrease the number of young people who come in contact with the Shelby County juvenile justice system. Previously called the Shelby County Youth Assessment Center, the renamed Shelby County Youth Advocacy Center… Read More
Monday, the first full day of the first full week of classes in many high-stress graduate programs in health sciences, the treadmills and ellipticals were humming in the workout room in the Student Alumni Center at 800 Madison. Around the corner in the Schreier Auditorium, dozens and dozens of students and staff were breathing quietly,… Read More
One of the sweetest back-to-school stories this week played out at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Friday afternoon when 170 new medical students put on their new white coats in a ceremony playing out in medical schools everywhere as fall semesters begin. The ceremony for University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of… Read More
Two nursing programs in Memphis have received $6 million to improve access to primary and maternal care and mental health services in parts of the Mid-South where care is spotty. The federal money from the Health Resources and Services Administration will be split between nursing programs at the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee… Read More
Late Friday, a clearly elated Dr. Jerome Thompson described the surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital that gave Cooper Kilburn, 2, his voice, the first reconstructed child larynx and airway passage ever recorded. Thompson started the announcement by pulling out his cellphone and playing for TV cameras a clip – with the sound on high… Read More
If he had a choice, Siamak Yousefi would have an office made of dry-erase boards. As it is, the windows of his corner office in the Hamilton Eye Institute are covered with his jottings, a real-time peek into the mind of a researcher whose groundbreaking work on artificial intelligence and algorithms offer an enormous boost… Read More
