UTHSC basketball team reunite to relive the glory days
You may not know, but between the 1950’s and 1985, UT Health Science Center had a women’s nurses basketball team.
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New study focuses on children entering Juvenile Court System
“Today we gathered together people and organizations who work with children and families who need to know these numbers and these issues so that we can put together the plan on how we’re going to deal with it,” said Dr. Altha Stewart with UTHSC.
Rachel Kay Stevens Therapy Center opens today
A new pediatric clinic in Memphis will offer free occupational therapy to children. Randy and Katrina Stevens are here. The clinic honors their late daughter. They’re joined by Anne Zachry from the UT Health Science Center.
One woman’s plastic surgery gone wrong; learn how to protect yourself
Wallace is the head of the University of Tennessee’s plastic surgery department. He said the problem with this procedure isn’t the technique but usually who’s allowed to perform it. “It’s not that the technology is bad,” he said. “It’s that their patient might not be aware that they’re seeing a physician who doesn’t have formal… Read More
Agent Orange: Vets’ children say ghost of Vietnam affects them
“I can say there is an ongoing investigation by the National Institutes of Health,” UT Health Science professor Dr. Ronald Laribee said.
Shelby County program helps relative caregivers
The University of Tennessee’s Relative Caregiver Program is designed to support children whose parents are not able to care for them.
Experts, church leaders work to prevent suicide among African Americans
The conference is at the University of Tennessee Student Alumni Center on Madison.
Dr. Michael Whitt Interviewed on Ebola
Dr. Michael Whitt, chair of the UTHSC Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry at UTHSC, was interviewed on Live@9 about the new book on viruses he co-authored and the possibilities of future outbreaks like last year’s Ebola crisis. https://wreg.com/2015/06/10/are-we-prepared-for-a-major-virus-outbreak/