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Sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception linked to health issues later in life, study says

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The holiday season is nearly upon us and it’s easy for a child’s sweet tooth go wild. However, new research shows that it may be beneficial to cut back how much sugar young children consume.


Streamline Your Weight Loss Journey: Cutting-Edge Tech Redefines Personalized Health Management

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Research from UTHSC highlights how personalized feedback and real-time data help tailor weight loss strategies to suit individual lifestyles.


South’s cancer care gap widens without Medicaid

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“You need to maintain nursing credentials who can give chemotherapy,” said Dr. Neil Hayes, director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for Cancer Research. “You need to maintain pharmacists who are comfortable administering chemotherapy, maintaining inventories, just all those costs associated with doing business.”


Approaches to holistic obesity treatment and identifying healthful behaviors

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At the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, A. C. Mullins Chair in Translational Research, professor of medicine and director of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism and director of the Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, provided an overview of holistic behavioral approaches to obesity management via diet, exercise,… Read More


Coinfection Fails to Affect Babesia Outcomes

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“Cases of human babesiosis are increasing in the United States, and this study helped to characterize the mortality risk of babesiosis along with tick-borne co-infections,” said Shirin Mazumder, MD, associate professor and infectious disease specialist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, in an interview.


Memphis’ first lady talks health careers with teen girls at symposium

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“I chose to get a terminal degree, getting my doctorate where I made sure that I accomplished that goal of being the best I can in my profession,” said Smith-Young, a pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in endocrinology at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center and an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center’s… Read More


UT Health Science Center celebrates newly-renovated quarters downtown

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A multi-million dollar investment on the University of Tennessee’s campus means that for the first time in decades – audiology and speech pathology are under one roof.


‘Her gift was people’ | Loved ones celebrate the life of the woman killed at Shelby Farms park

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One week after her death, a Mid-South community came together to honor the life of Ellie Young, on the campus where she went to school, up until she was shot at Shelby Farms.