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Chancellor announces UTHSC name change

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The University of Tennessee has made a slight adjustment to the name of its school in Memphis.


Kroger Health expands diabetes A1C testing to 90+ pharmacies | A Better Memphis

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Kenneth Hohmeier of UT Health Sciences joins Action News 5’s Joe Birch and Kym Clark to discuss how a successful pharmacy pilot program is scaling up to expand critical A1C diabetes testing to communities across Tennessee.


$4M expansion to nearly triple number of free ‘Health Hub’ clinics in Tennessee

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Free healthcare services are expanding across the State of Tennessee.


Fifth free ShelbyCares health clinic opens in Memphis

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A new free health clinic is officially open in North Memphis. Shelby County leaders, in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, opened the newest ShelbyCares Health Hub in Raleigh on Tuesday.


UTHSC receives $5.1M for relative caregiver program

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When a child can’t live with their parents, the next best thing is family. The Relative Caregiver Program gives grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives the support they need to step in and keep children out of the foster care system.


PCOS gets new name: What women need to know about the change

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For years, many women have struggled to get answers about symptoms linked to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).


UTHSC working with national initiative to advance nutrition education

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What you eat could be the difference between a long, healthy life and a preventable death.


One Memphis doctor shares how she’s working to close gaps in children’s mental healthcare

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Child mental health has been declared a national crisis, and one Memphis doctor is working to change that one partnership at a time.