Ellie Young candlelight vigil held by UTHSC student body
The memory of Ellie Young, a medical student who was murdered last weekend at Shelby Farms, is being kept by her fellow medical students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Applications for OB-GYN residencies at UT have decreased 35%
Applicants at the University of Tennessee’s obstetrics and gynecology residency programs across the state have fallen 35% in the past two years.
What’s the Difference Between Stress and Burnout?
In a culture that prizes productivity, it’s unfortunately all too common to feel utterly exhausted, depleted, and, some would even say, “burnt out.” But actually, there’s a major difference between run-of-the-mill stress and true burnout, Jessi Gold, MD, chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee System and author of How Do You Feel?: One Doctor’s Search for… Read More
Two Mid-South schools affected by listeria contamination food recall
The USDA issued a warning after hundreds of recalled poultry and food products were reportedly sent to schools across the country, including here in the Mid-South
Church Health ‘gap year’ helps scholars become doctors
Scholars have gone on to study medicine at institutions like the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Meharry Medical College, Philadelphia’s Temple University and Baptist Health Sciences University’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Family and friends remember Ellie Young, UTHSC student killed in Shelby Farms Park
Young was recently pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor, just like her older sister, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. This was the dream she was pursuing before being killed Saturday at Shelby Farms Park.
Kids are sucking down baby food pouches at record rates. ‘We’re going to pay for it,’ experts say
To be sure, there is not an epidemic of children who don’t know how to chew. But Dr. Mark Corkins, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on nutrition, said he sometimes sees children who are so reliant on the smooth, sweet taste of pouches… Read More
Why Teens Are Using TikTok to Self-Diagnose Mental Health Conditions
Dr. Jessi Gold, MD, chief wellness officer at the University of Tennessee and associate professor of psychiatry, says that social media algorithms contribute to young people diagnosing themselves with a potential mental health disorder.