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Who is Paul Young married to? All we know about his wife and family as new Memphis mayor wins 2023 race

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Memphis’ new mayor, Paul Young, is married to Dr. Jamila S. Smith Young, who is an assistant professor at the College of Nursing at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In fact, as per the university’s official website, Dr. Smith-Young is also associated with the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and serves at… Read More


2023 Innovation Awards: Center for Health Improvement and Patient Stimulation

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It takes a good dose of practical experience before a student in the health sciences can truly master the art of healing. As it happens, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has one of the top programs in the country that delivers cutting-edge methods of teaching: practical simulations.


Health: Prediabetes? Turn it Around!

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One physician who knows that well is Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSC, MBA, a professor of medicine and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. He was a principal investigator at one of the 27 centers set up around the U.S. from 1996-2001 for the long-running Diabetes Prevention… Read More


Early Hyperglycemia Linked to Increased Risk of Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm Infants

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Jihan Esmail, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, United States, and colleagues aimed to evaluate the incidence of abnormal glucose homeostasis during the first 72 hours of life and they studied its associated with major morbidities in infants admitted to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit).


$6 Million Awarded to Jim Bailey, MD, and Team at UTHSC to Expand Tennessee Heart Health Network

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The Tennessee Heart Health Network, an initiative of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue and expand its work to improve heart health across Tennessee over the next five years.


10 states haven’t expanded Medicaid—here are the health care challenges they face

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The state’s mainly rural geography—78 of its 95 counties are rural—suffers from a lack of health care opportunities. Since 2010, 13 of 16 hospital closures in the state have been in rural areas. To reach people in those areas, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center launched a mobile health unit in June 2023 that can provide… Read More


Critical care is focus of expansion at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is in the midst of an expansion to bolster critical care for its most fragile patients, from the tiniest preemies to children who need life-saving heart surgeries. “If you look at where we’re seeing increased volume in need, it’s in that critical-care complex, so that’s why the hospital made the decision… Read More


Le Bonheur program draws cardiologists across the US to Memphis

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Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is attracting pediatric cardiologists and heart surgeons from across the United States to join the growing team at its Heart Institute. This past summer, Dr. David Nelson relocated to Memphis from Houston. He left Texas Children’s Hospital to serve as director of the pediatric cardiac critical care program and cardiovascular intensive… Read More