A landmark Memphis clinical trial of neurofeedback therapy shows promising results for adolescents struggling to overcome chronic childhood trauma… It was the first randomized control trial to examine the use of neurofeedback therapy on adolescents who have suffered significant abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, and other adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. “Basically, we found that… Read More
In three to five years, the 80-acre University of Tennessee Health Science Center campus in the heart of the Medical District could have $500 million worth of new construction. To show how it will tie in with research goals and human factors such as safety and accessibility, campus leaders invited the public in Tuesday, Feb.… Read More
You have a fever and a cough. How do you know if this is the flu or the new coronavirus that is sweeping across continents and upheaving travel and daily plans of millions if not billions of individuals? The answer is simple. If you live in the United States as of Feb. 1, 2020, there… Read More
A team of medical researchers here have a deep hunch that a gene, thought to regulate metabolism in the body, could hold clues to new treatments for diabetes. Ten years ago, Dr. Darryl Quarles, head of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Division of Nephrology, made a name for himself in the research world… Read More
Between his teaching and surgery schedule at Methodist University Hospital, Dr. Denis Foretia has carved out a week in February for the kind of work that feeds his soul.He’s headed to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to work out formal agreements with the University of Nigeria Medical Centre and a host of hospitals in the… Read More
By now, all us have that low-carb friend. The one who hisses at bread and pasta like a garlic-frightened vampire. The one who asks for bunless burgers at a restaurant. The person who rices (yes, it’s a verb here) cauliflower and “spiralizes” zucchinis into something called “zoodles.”
Despite her extensive list of professional credits and global recognition in the field of vision and ophthalmology, native New Yorker Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, now calls herself a hometown Memphian, excited about progress toward the goals she’s pursuing as chair and professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Department of… Read More
Researchers with the Memphis VA and UTHSC lead a nationwide study to help caregivers who are taking care of veterans with traumatic brain injuries. Also: One News Page: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/Business/1zlq13ll1i/How-two-longtime-Memphis-researchers-are-helping-brain.htm
