The steel rod of the artificial hip had been slathered in antibiotic cement, an effort to ward off a nasty infection that had gone to the bone. But when it had to be removed, the metal-and-plastic contraption was not disposed of as medical waste. Instead, it now sits on a shelf at Drexel University, alongside… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and LeMoyne-Owen College are partnering on a project aimed at getting more minority students interested in studying developmental disabilities.
A discovered-in-Memphis molecule that activates estrogen receptors could eventually lead to a new treatment for obesity. Dr. Ramesh Narayanan, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, discovered the molecule nine years ago and said it converts “bad” fat tissue to “good” energy-burning fat.
With so much research and so many clinical trials being conducted around breast cancer, you may wonder why there still is no overall cure for the disease. The reason is simple. “We cannot treat cancer as one disease, because unfortunately it’s not. Within breast cancer there are many different subtypes, and they all have different… Read More
As a growing elderly population faces economic pressures and a societal shift in family dynamics, physicians now are facing different challenges when treating elderly patients as opposed to younger ones. According to several Mid-South physicians specializing in geriatric medicine, challenges include a lack of available family members to care for elderly relatives, polypharmacy and a shortage… Read More
A 45,000-square-foot building under construction at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) could change the way healthcare education is delivered in Tennessee. When the new $36.7 million Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center opens in 2017, it will be one of the largest free-standing buildings in the country dedicated solely to healthcare simulation… Read More
After 5 years of U.S. Department of Justice sponsorship as a Defending Childhood site, Shelby County, Tenn., is set to sustain for the foreseeable future the work it has been doing both to limit and deal with children’s exposure to violence. The partnerships Shelby County has formed with several entities have made this possible. But… Read More
New research suggests that a test chemical added to the diet of mice effectively converted bad “white” fat to metabolism-raising good “brown” fat. Brown fat raises metabolism, which helps reduce weight. Published in The FASEB Journal, the research shows that when the chemical, called beta-LGND2, was added to the diet of a test group of mice they… Read More
