Shelby County government and ShelbyCares partner with area senior centers each year to provide transportation to the prom. ShelbyCares is a partnership between Shelby County government and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. ShelbyCares encourages healthy living through free education classes, public events, group workout activities and health and nutritional coaching from… Read More
Growing up in the southwest Ohio town of Versailles, David Bernholt wanted be a doctor while still in high school. “I was on the wrestling team and suffered some knee injuries,” he says, “but I had a very positive experience with my surgeries, and went through not being able to wrestle, to getting back on… Read More
Kirk E. Hevener, PharmD, PhD, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, agreed. (Dr. Hevener also was not involved in the study.) “Lolamicin works by targeting a unique Gram-negative transport system
It’s common to experience occasional aches and pains and worry about their implications. In today’s digital age, many people turn to the internet to understand their symptoms, often leading to increased anxiety. This tendency is often called “cyberchondria.” For most, these fears are temporary and subside as the symptoms resolve. However, if the anxiety persists… Read More
Postmenopausal women who ate high levels of plant proteins had lower risks of premature death, CVD, and dementia-related death compared with women who ate less plant proteins, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access publication.
The Owen Locke Foundation has announced a $1 million grant to University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis to advance research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, chief of the division of endocrinology, metabolism, and diabetes at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, has received the 2024 Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award from the American Diabetes Association.
A new antibiotic uses a never-before-seen mechanism to deliver a direct hit on tough-to-treat infections while leaving beneficial microbes alone.
