Ask the Pediatrician: Is baby formula safe?
Many families feed formula to their infants in the first year of life as an alternative to human breast milk. They trust that it will be safe and provide the nutrients their baby needs.
UTHSC In the Media
Tennessee Passes Landmark Legislation Addressing the Big Pharma Role in Mass Violence and Behavioral Health – AbleChild Leads National Charge for Accountability
In a historic move to address systemic failures in mental health care and public safety, Tennessee has enacted HB 1349/SB 1146, a groundbreaking law requiring autopsies of suspected mass shooters to include toxicology screenings for psychotropic drugs.
Old Medical District Holiday Inn to be demolished as UTHSC modernizes
The demolition of the old Holiday Inn hotel tower at 969 Madison Ave. in the Memphis Medical District is underway with expected completion by February.
Dr. Jon Ryder Appointed as Executive Associate Dean at UTHSC College of Dentistry
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry recently appointed Jon Ryder, DDS, MS, as the new executive associate dean.
$70 million mixed-use project aims to connect Downtown, Medical District
MBJ’s Building Memphis Awards program highlights new construction and renovation construction projects moving the region forward.
Fire and ice is a very hot — and then very cold — health trend
Sixty-year-old Dena Dodson is known — in at least one particular circle — as “The Ice Queen.” Dodson is a devotee of contrast therapy, in which participants alternate between time in a sauna and time in an ice bath. But it’s the ice bath she really likes.
Guest column: Declining vaccination rates have opened the door for measles to return
Parents, grandparents, caregivers: Think back to when you brought home your newborn infant. Remember how proud you were, how in love you were and how you would do anything you could to make sure to care for and protect them.
County grant panel near recommending ways to avoid future abuse
The idea of requiring groups that get grants from the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to provide receipts on how they spent the money comes with some problems, according to a Memphis company that works with nonprofits on applying for such grants.