Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


Crisis Center Fundraiser

The Commercial Appeal

“Less to Wine About Wednesdays”: Fundraiser for the Memphis Crisis Center at Rizzo’s Diner, 106 G.E. Patterson, kicks off Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week (Sept. 10 through Sept. 16). Rizzo’s donates portion of the proceeds from lunch and dinner to the Crisis Center. Call 901-523-2033, visit online: memphiscrisiscenter.org or rizzosdiner.com.


NIH Picks Klesges for Review Panel

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Robert C. Klesges, a preventive medicine expert in Memphis, will head a scientific review section for the National Institutes of Health. He is a professor in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s preventive medicine department. He’ll chair the Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section for NIH’s Center for Scientific Review, UTHSC said.  


Dr. Linda Moses Quoted on Pregnancy

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The program allows women to be involved in their care while getting educated on topics like nutrition, family planning or labor, said Dr. Linda Moses, program director and an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Dr. Handorf Quoted on Forensic Center

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In June, the commission approved a $3.1 million contract with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to run the medical examiner’s office, which also serves as the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center. Now, Chancellor, 56, is looking forward to a working relationship with UTHSC that includes training forensic pathologists in a fellowship program. “And that will… Read More


Fundraiser for Crisis Center

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On Sept. 10, eat lunch or dinner at Rizzo’s Diner’s “Less to Wine About Wednesdays” and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Memphis Crisis Center. This dinner kicks off the Memphis Crisis Center Awareness Week, which runs Sept. 10-16, but Rizzo’s, 106 G.E. Patterson, donates part of its proceeds on the second Wednesday… Read More


West Memphis Hospital Closing

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“Methodist University and Regional One are probably going to see the majority of those patients, and to the extent that they’re children, Le Bonheur,” said Teresa Waters, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine.


Dr. Adebiyi Lands Grants for kidney research, depression

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Two University of Tennessee Health Science Center assistant professors have been awarded research grants, one for $1.5 million to study kidney function in newborns and another for $147,500 to research preventing depression.


Dr. Laizure Studies Caffeine

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Professors at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) plan to be the first in the country to study how rapidly caffeine gets into the body after an energy drink is consumed or a caffeine powder is inhaled using an Aeroshot device. Dr. S. Casey Laizure, Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the UTHSC College… Read More