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Vibrant Emotional Health Unveils Speakers for Fourth Annual Disaster Behavioral Health Conference in Nashville, Tennessee

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Vibrant Emotional Health (Vibrant), one of the nation’s leading mental health organizations and administrator of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988 Lifeline), is announcing its fourth Annual Disaster Behavioral Health Conference, a pivotal event taking place from October 1-3, 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Downtown in Nashville, Tennessee. Keynote Speakers Include: Jessi… Read More


$14M project seeks to become new economic hub for Memphis neighborhood

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Adding medical services would follow in the foot steps of The Soulsville Foundation, which operates a charter school in the Soulsville neighborhood and is partnering with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to open a health hub this summer.


Lupus Research Alliance awards 2024 Lupus Insight Prize to two trailblazers in CAR T cell therapy to revolutionize lupus treatment

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The Lupus Research Alliance, a non-governmental and non-profit funder of lupus research worldwide, has announced the recipients of the 2024 Lupus Insight Prize to Marko Radic, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Georg Schett, MD, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, for their groundbreaking discoveries in utilizing CAR T cell therapy to potentially revolutionize lupus treatment.


$1.58M Grant Funds Study on Cancer Among Black Women in Mid-South

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The study is an extensive qualitative evaluation of socio-cultural and structural factors that affect cancer patients in the Mid-South.


Q&A: Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, discusses the past, present and future of endocrinology

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“I’ve always wanted to be a doctor,” Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, this year’s recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award, told Healio.


Many Tennesseans don’t like their smiles, but poor dental health can cause health problems

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A healthy smile is more than just a sign of good oral hygiene, it’s a cornerstone of overall health, well-being, and self-confidence. It influences our personal interactions, professional success, and quality of life.


Inside Out 2 and how we think about our feelings

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We talk to screenwriter Dave Holstein and experts about what it means to discover your feelings throughout your childhood – and your adulthood, too.


Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, UT Health Science Center complete first “Jaw in a Day” surgery of its kind dramatically reducing recovery time for teen patient

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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently performed a first-of-its-kind procedure for the Volunteer State at Methodist University Hospital. The surgery involved removing an advanced tumor from the face of a teenage patient and fully reconstructing the jaw in a single day.