“These foods bypass our normal fullness mechanisms, which is why you could eat them all day and not feel full. Over time, your body becomes less sensitive to these foods, so you have to eat more just to get the same dopamine rush,” according to Dr. Darria Long Gillespie, physician and assistant professor at the… Read More
The Food and Drug Administration soon may approve the recreational psychedelic drug MDMA — alongside supportive therapy — to treat post-traumatic stress disorder after two late-stage studies found it effective. MDMA facilitates empathy and openness and decreases defensiveness, but it also induces neuroplasticity — the ability of neurons to rewire and strengthen connections, said Ronald… Read More
The consortium of schools kicked off its “Four the Future” campaign Tuesday that features billboards, TV spots and digital media. The campaign will also include community meetings across the state. The unifying theme of the campaign is emblazoned across all its ads: “Tennessee universities support Tennessee communities.”
Leaders of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine and Shelby County government gathered Thursday to mark the opening of ShelbyCares on 3rd, a community health and wellness facility aimed at improving to access free health coaching, health prevention, and nutrition support classes for the underserved in the community.
Consequently, researchers are seeking approaches that prevent new infections. In a recently published Molecular Therapy paper, scientists produced an mRNA-based vaccine against Lyme disease. “I think that for Lyme disease vaccines, the more options, the better,” said Maria Gomes-Solecki, a microbiologist and immunologist from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, who was not involved in the study.… Read More
Commissioners are still assembling a list of priorities they want accomplished in the Tennessee General Assembly’s next session, which begins in January. It is the second state legislative agenda for the current group of commissioners who began their four-year term in September 2022.
Nelson is board-certified in palliative and hospice medicine as well as family medicine, and is also an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. At Regional One, he works with a team that includes a nurse practitioner, a social worker, a practice manager and — always — a gaggle of fellows, residents,… Read More
More than 1 in 3 children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) develop retinopathy, or damage to the blood vessels in the retina, the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the eye, according to a new U.S. study. “Our data underscores the need for patients — including pediatric patients — with sickle cell… Read More
