Local health officials are researching the coronavirus and watching for cases, but say the virus is not an immediate threat here yet. Alisa Haushalter with the Shelby County Health Department said 20 individuals who traveled to areas where there were cases of the virus were under self-monitoring for 14 days, but none of those people… Read More
In a bid to attract more students outside Tennessee, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is reducing out-of-state tuition at its College of Medicine and three College of Health Professions programs. Last week, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved the tuition proposal for the 2020-21 academic year that begins July 1. UTHSC says the… Read More
Many women are not aware that a distressing and long-term lack of sexual desire can actually be a sign of a legit condition called acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD)… …A doctor can ask a few simple questions to determine if you have HSDD, explains Diane Todd Pace, PhD, professor in the Colleges of… Read More
Some Memphis kids are smiling wide after getting a free dental check-up thanks to the UT Health Science Center. More than 150 students at Freedom Prep Academy received the free check-up Thursday. It’s part of the national “Give Kids a Smile Day.” Also: Fox 13:https://tennessee.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d896b38de9dd8fd3c043073b3&id=e0304bbc40&e=ebe2aa88fa
Scientists at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis are hoping a $2 million grant will help them with a potential medical breakthrough. Their research could make a major difference in the treatment of diabetes, a huge problem here in the Mid-South. Still hard at work, scientists at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s… Read More
Amy Koehn, coordinator of the neonatal nurse practitioner program for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, edited “Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review: Fast Facts and Practice Questions.”
A multi-state clinical trial that included researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been named one of the 2020 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards by the Clinical Research Forum.The study, which was conducted in 102 medical centers and clinical sites in the nation, showed… Read More
Leadiant Biosciences, Inc. announced it is conducting the Registry Study of Revcovi®(elapegademase-lvlr) injection 1.6 mg/ml Treatment in Patients with Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (ADA-SCID). The registry study will follow pediatric and adult ADA-SCID patients for two years or longer to collect supplemental information on those being treated with Revcovi… “The information obtained through this… Read More
