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Esteemed neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin T. Foley named chief medical officer for True Digital Surgery

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Acknowledged as one of the most distinguished neurosurgeons in the medical field, Dr. Foley serves as the Chairman of the Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute and, concurrently, a professor of neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Memphis region’s sole ALS clinic helps patients live the best they can

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The clinic collaborates with other health care organizations, such as the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the VA Medical Center, and also conducts clinical trials for new medications and methods, such as electric measurements, to detect disease progression.


Human bird flu case raises concerns of mutating virus

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A newly confirmed case of the infection in Missouri is raising concern about how the virus is evolving. The case is concerning because it’s the first human case this year not tied to a known exposure to animals. Before now, all positive cases came after a person came into contact with infected dairy cows or… Read More


What we know about the first case of measles detected in Tennessee

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“It’s so contagious that if there’s a person in a room with measles and you walk past that room and the door is open and you’re susceptible, you could get measles,” Dr. Sandy Arnold, the chief of pediatric diseases at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, said.


Brescia looking to add physician assistant program

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Hayden is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and he completed his residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with an emphasis in psychiatry and internal medicine along with completing a fellowship in infectious disease.


RedHill’s Talicia® Listed as First-Line Choice for H. pylori in New American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines

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First new American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Clinical Guideline[1] for H. pylori infection since Talicia’s approval lists Talicia as an empirically prescribed first-line option.


RISE Project Awarded NIH grant

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Xiaopeng Zhao, a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering and founding director of the Applied AI Program in the College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies at UT, is part of a collaborative team that has been awarded a $401,090 grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.


Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods

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Over the past 12,000 years, humans in Europe have dramatically increased their ability to digest carbohydrates, expanding the number of genes they have for enzymes that break down starch from an average of eight to more than 11, according to a new study by researchers from the U.S., Italy and United Kingdom.