At Houston High School in Germantown Municipal School District, a student-led team at the high school is making sure schools and staff in their district know how to save a life. Senior Eden Johnson created the “Houston Hearts” club almost a year ago. She says she wanted to make sure her classmates were prepared to… Read More
However, a new study has shown that those who eat one meal a day and skipping meals is associated with dying from any cause. Those who eat three meals a day but with at least two meals less than 4.5 hours apart were also more likely to die from any cause. Lead author Dr Yangbo… Read More
A string of trials are underway to prove benefits across different organs, including reducing the risk of developing kidney failure or leg ulcers, alongside strokes. But results could be years away. “It does have the potential to decrease other complications,” said Kenneth Ataga, Director of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease at University of Tennessee… Read More
Likewise, if you experience dizziness alongside other symptoms, like slurred speech, numbness in the limbs or face, or loss of consciousness, that’s a red flag that something more concerning could be going on, says Steven Doettl, a practicing audiologist and clinical professor in the department of audiology and speech pathology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
“We are seeing more cases of COVID at Le Bonheur, we have an increase in the number of children testing positive who are going to the emergency room to be tested,” said Dr. Sandra Arnold, professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and chief of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Division at Le Bonheur Children’s… Read More
Dr. Santosh Kumar, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, told MNT that: “The study shows a significant role of nasal epithelial extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the sensitivity to viral or other infections and perhaps a self-defense mechanism via TLR. In addition, the EVs’ biology via TLR may change based on the presence of… Read More
Cellworks Group Inc., a leader in Precision Drug Development and Personalized Therapy Biosimulation, today announced results from a study that examined how Differentiation Scoring (DS) derived from key myeloid biomarkers in individual Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) patients using the Cellworks Platform and Computational Biology Model (CBM) can predict response to Hypomethylating Agents (HMA). “MDS patients typically… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center will allow first-year pharmacy students to begin their four-year training programs on UT’s Nashville and Knoxville campuses for the first time next year, officials announced this week.
