Dr. Wendy Likes has a lot of letters following her name. Ph.D., DNSC, APRN-BC and FAANP, to be exact. Her education and extensive career in healthcare have taken her from St. Jude to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), where she is now the Dean of the College of Nursing. Like most women,… Read More
The University of Tennessee has filed a $3.7 million building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement. The site is listed as 881 Madison Ave., which is home to the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
Middle-school students from Freedom Prep Academy received free dental services from the UTHSC College of Dentistry for Give Kids a Smile Day on Friday, February 3.
While deaths from all forms of cancer dropped nationally by 20 percent over the past 35 years, a new study shows that death rates actually increased in some U.S. counties, including in rural areas of Tennessee, Kentucky and other parts of the South. he death rate varied depending on the type of cancer, but was… Read More
Dr. Altha Stewart is the kind of person who, when interviewed, makes a journalist wish she didn’t have to adhere to a word count. Her dedication to bringing together education, health, family and legal agencies to create a community-wide resource for families with children impacted by violence is not only her professional focus, it is… Read More
The federal Food and Drug Administration is dropping some of its regulation of hearing aids in hopes that cheaper alternatives will soon be available. But the proposal is drawing opposition from audiologists, who say inexpensive devices won’t help people with serious hearing loss. Hearing aids are medical devices, so the FDA regulates how they are… Read More
If you’ve resolved to adopt better eating habits in 2017, here’s some advice: Eat on a regular schedule, and don’t skip meals. This helps keep you satiated and prevents unnecessary grazing. Eating regular meals is also a key strategy in successful weight loss and weight maintenance efforts. Those dealing with medical issues, like diabetes, pre-diabetes or… Read More
For Dr. Harry Kochat, the best parts of working in pharmaceutical development are the interactions with grateful patients. Like the one he remembers from early in his career, when Kochat – whose work has focused on the development of life-saving drugs for more than three decades – encountered a mother and her young son. That… Read More
