Picking out the appropriate clothing for a child can be a challenge, especially for those who have can difficulty understanding cold vs. hot and rainy vs. sunny. A student that I see for therapy uses this nifty worksheet, and it has proven to be very effective. If you’re child is struggling when picking out appropriate… Read More
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes appear to be as safe and effective in people aged 65 years and older as in younger individuals, new research suggests. Findings from a real-world observational study of 50 older adults with type 2 diabetes were recently presented here at the International… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will each be receiving a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue their critical research.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center was among the sixty employers who made the list of Top Workplaces for the Memphis area for 2019.
Patients who received focused attention from pharmacists during hospital stays expressed higher satisfaction, according to research presented at the ASHP’s (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) 54th Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, which took place December 8-12 in Las Vegas… …“Our Pharmacy Department was charged from our administrative senior leadership team to create innovative ways to… Read More
November was affirming for Dr. Kenneth Ataga, physician-researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of its Center for Sickle Cell Disease. Ataga is from Nigeria, where an estimated 1 million people, including 250,000 newborns every year, have sickle cell. In the space of 10 days last month, the FDA approved two… Read More
In the east quadrant what used to be a wide breezeway at the front of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is a new dental clinic just for children. When the hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center officials formally open it Wednesday afternoon, they will cut a ribbon of floss, a symbol perhaps of the strings… Read More
Lauren and Keith Chalk struggled for years to have a baby. The Southaven couple suffered two miscarriages, and they thought a full-term pregnancy may not be possible for them. Then, on Dec. 2, they welcomed their first child into the world — nine after days after they found out they were pregnant.
