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!)
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.
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
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.
“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.
The Burton Weil Family Foundation will provide full scholarships to high-achieving students at the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Weil hopes the institutions and city will also reap the good from putting these students through school.
HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” and the video game series that inspired it take place in a world where a mass, airborne fungal infection has transformed humans into violent zombies. And while the series is a work of fiction, the threat fungal pathogens pose to humans is real, with infections becoming increasingly common… Read More
August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. Prevent Blindness, a US-based nonprofit, has launched a dedicated website to educate parents, caregivers, professionals and policy makers on the important role vision and eye health plays in a child’s development, learning ability and social engagement.
