UTHSC In the Media


What Are ‘Brain Zaps’ And Why Do They Happen With Antidepressants? A Psychiatrist Explains

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“A fast buzz in my head.” “A sudden reboot of my brain’s senses.” “It’s like an electrical current.” If you’re tapering off antidepressants or recently skipped a dose or two, you may have experienced a mysterious side effect commonly known as “brain zaps.”


MPD: Credit cards stolen from UTHSC used at Sam’s Club

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Police say a woman stole several credit cards from employees at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and then went to Sam’s Club to use them.


Telehealth Promotes STI-PEP in Cisgender African American Men

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African American cisgender men who had sex with men (MSM) were significantly more likely to continue HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care after a telehealth initiation of prophylactic doxycycline than those who did not receive this intervention, based on data from a new study of 712 individuals.


Group Interventions Ease Loneliness in Older Adults With HIV

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Tailoring existing evidence-based loneliness intervention according to urban or rural settings may more effectively reduce loneliness in adults living with HIV, based on a comparison of programs in urban and rural settings.


Demolition of ‘Eyesore’ Underway Soon

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A multi-million-dollar glow up is underway at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) campus in a plan that includes the $19.4 million demolition of a much-criticized, abandoned hotel on Madison.


Alliance will break ground on $11M children’s mental-health center in 2025

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The keynote speaker was local businessman and mental-health advocate Michael Drake. Dr. Altha Stewart, senior associate dean of community-health engagement at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, led a workshop that offered continuing-education credits.


UT Health Science Center College Of Medicine Welcomes New Leaders, Honors Promoted Faculty

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine – Chattanooga welcomed three new leaders to their team and awarded promotions to 13 faculty members this academic year. The college held a reception to honor these new leaders and promoted faculty members.


A UT graduate school partnered with the East TN Children’s Hospital on a residency program, bringing formal pediatric training back to Knoxville

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A release said the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital partnered with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Graduate School of Medicine to launch the program. It also said it would re-establish formal pediatric training for the Knoxville area for the first time in around 25 years.