Health Care Heroes 2024 finalist caps 30 years of trauma care with admin role
Administrative Excellence Dr. Martin Croce SVP/chief medical officer, Regional One Health; professor of surgery, UTHSC
UTHSC In the Media
COVID now looks more like other common respiratory viruses
When Team USA Olympic runner Noah Lyles won the bronze in the 200-meter men’s final in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 8., after testing positive for COVID, it was a far cry from 2020’s Toyko games, where a positive test would have landed an athlete in immediate isolation.
UT’s first-ever wellness officer centers mental health on campus
Dr. Jessi Gold has spent the past six months creating a culture of wellness across the University of Tennessee system. The University of Tennessee brought Gold on board in February as its first-ever chief wellness officer for its entire system.
Are the Therapy Sessions on Reality TV Shows Even Remotely Legit?
The major benefit of having a reality star like Frankel work with a therapist on TV is that it normalizes therapy, psychiatrist Jessi Gold, MD, chief wellness officer for the University of Tennessee System and author of How Do You Feel?, tells SELF. (Roughly 1.4 million viewers tuned into each episode of Bethenny Ever After in 2011!)
Alcohol use in older adults doubles risk of brain bleeds from falls
As such, little is known about the association between the frequency of alcohol use and the severity of injuries sustained after a fall in older adults. A study by Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine and collaborators, is one of the first to examine the relationship between self-reported alcohol use and severe head trauma in this group.
Getting to the heart and soul of health
The Soulsville Foundation has partnered with the Tennessee Heart Health Network to host the summit at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located on the Soulsville campus. The network is a statewide initiative to improve primary care for all Tennesseans. Launched in 2021, it’s led by the Tennessee Population Health Consortium, a research center at the University… Read More
Doctors warn against spread of germs as Mid-South students return to classroom
Between traveling, daycares and summer camps, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Pediatrician Dr. Nick Hysmith said children are exposed to a lot of different germs over the summer months. That can lead to the spread of viruses when those children reunite in an enclosed setting like a classroom.
Dust from Africa hovering over the Mid-South could cause breathing problems
“Essentially that sub-Saharan air mass lifts up and brings particles and kind of blankets various parts of the earth, and what that means for us as we breathe in those particles,” Methodist Le Bonheur Doctor Dale Criner said.