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After the infection: Long COVID prompts more questions than answers

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For now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has landed on a vague, dissatisfying, official designation: “Post-COVID-19 Condition.” Even the word “condition” could have been more precise, says Dr. Amber Thacker, assistant professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UT Health Science Center and medical director of hospital medicine at Regional One Health.


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40 Under 40 Class of 2023: UTHSC’s Jessica Jiles Carwell

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Jessica Jiles Carwell has seen firsthand the impact that grant dollars can have in combating adversities and disparities in communities. Seeing that her involvement mattered and that her contributions made a significant difference, grew her passion for grants.


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Mental Health Day of Action: How mental health factors into drug use and youth crime

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Mental health experts are sounding the alarm about just how much mental health has to do with drug use and youth crime. Thursday is mental health day of action. Instead of just talking about the importance of good mental health. The day encourages us all to do something. Psychiatrist Altha Stewart, Dean of Community Health Engagement… Read More


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Golf tournament put on to raise money against cancer

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Tailgating Against Cancer’s annual Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, May 19th. This event is an important cause to the Anderson Lumber Co., located in Alcoa. This will be the twelfth year they are putting on this golf tournament that has been honoring the memory of Stephen Y. Coleman. The fellowship is a non-profit organization dedicated to… Read More


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Dixon’s ‘Watercolors & Ceramics’ exhibit showcases movement, passion

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Žak Ozmo is a cultural connoisseur, music director, scholar, and specialist in the clinical application of music. He feels privileged to write about the culture of our remarkable city. He is on the faculty at Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


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Memphis company gets federal approval for Lyme disease prevention drug

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The inventor of the vaccine is US Biologic’s co-founder Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki. A professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, her research focuses on understanding the transmission of Lyme disease from ticks to mammals.


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Ambitious New Initiative Strives To Dismantle The Poverty Trap In Memphis

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Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children’s Zone, addressed in a launch of More for Memphis, an ambitious community development initiative to improve social and economic mobility in Memphis and Shelby County. Each “Anchor” includes a number of partner organizations. For example, Health & Well-Being includes Legacy of Legends CDC, Shelby County Health Department, Church… Read More


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Dr Mohamad Bittar On Nonrad AxSpA And The Disease Burden on the Patient

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Dr Bittar educates the listeners on the core differences and similarities between ankylosing spondylitis and axial spondyloarthritis; and provides guidance on diagnosing and monitoring/ treating patients with various forms of axial diseases. Mohamad Bittar, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the rheumatology division of connective tissue… Read More