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Drinking & Driving in the Senior Years: A Recipe for Disaster

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Older drivers using alcohol or drugs are much more likely to be at fault in a car crash. Researchers from the University of Memphis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Kent State University in Ohio, and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania collaborated on the study.


Shelby County Mayor proposes property tax cut & hike on vehicle registration fees in 2023 budget

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The mayor said the budget also provides for $427.4 million for the county’s seven municipal school systems, which he tweeted was “the highest level of funding for schools likely in Shelby County’s history.” Harris also proposed $350 million over five years for rebuilding Regional One Health. He said if approved, it would be the first… Read More


Live! Memphis Is Taking Women From Screening to Survivorship

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Live! Memphis provides the community with the resources and support they need to make informed decisions about their health. Experts from Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, Baptist Cancer Center, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and West Cancer Center will address topics that include the latest innovations in breast cancer treatment, genetics… Read More


Part Two: Residency programs and medical practices drew them to Tennessee. Then came Dobbs.

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center has developed programs to encourage retention by offering medical school tracts that lead to residency placements. Of the students who do both medical school and residency in Tennessee, about 60%  stay and practice in the state, Strome said.


Part One: Residency programs and medical practices drew them to Tennessee. Then came Dobbs.

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“It is a consideration for many folks in admission to residency. And, for faculty recruitment, it makes it harder,” Dr. Scott Strome, University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center executive dean and vice chancellor for clinical affairs in Memphis, said. “The offenses here are criminal offenses. As physicians, that is a scary word. We are kind of… Read More


Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital fellow publishes journal article on chatbots written by ChatGPT

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The use of chatbots and natural language processing technology, such as ChatGPT, has the potential to change the future of medical writing —with some caveats— says Som Biswas, MD, a Radiology fellow at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in an article published in Radiology. The published article was written entirely by ChatGPT… Read More


Memphis sisters fight sickle cell together

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Sickle cell disease is a red blood disorder affecting nearly 100,000 Americans. About one in 13 Black babies are born with disease. Two sisters, Patrice Woods and Stacy Hines-Dowell, are fighting the disease in their own ways together. Woods is the big sister. Hines-Dowell is the little sister, but what may seem little by age,… Read More


Provectus Biopharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Activity of Pharmaceutical-Grade Rose Bengal Sodium (RBS) Against Colistin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria

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Provectus (OTCQB: PVCT) today announced that preclinical research on the Company’s pharmaceutical-grade rose bengal sodium drug substance against colistin-resistant gram-negative (G-) bacteria was published in The Journal of Antibiotics, a medical periodical by Nature Portfolio for the Japan Antibiotics Research Association. Colistin is used as a last-resort treatment for infections when other drugs fail. The World… Read More