A nationwide — and Mid-South — nursing shortage is getting another potential pipeline for nurse graduates. The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science (UTHSC) announced April 22 a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. This new program is a traditional, two-year path to a BSN degree. UTHSC already offers… Read More
Biotechnology company Revotek, based in Chengdu, China, has long been working to 3D print blood vessels, and is now bringing its innovative technology to Memphis, Tennessee. Steven Goodman, PhD, the Vice Chancellor for research at University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has known Revotek’s co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Y. James Kang, PhD, a… Read More
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded a team of UTHSC researchers $1.99 million for their work to advance understanding of the pathophysiology of prediabetes, diabetes, and related complications. Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the General Clinical Research Center, is a principal investigator, along with Nawajes… Read More
Two Mid-South doctors worry about COVID vaccine hesitancy and if we, as a nation, can ever reach herd immunity. Both doctors said the ability to reach herd immunity is in our hands, all we have to do is get vaccinated. • April 21: Fox 13 News–9PM
Workers still reeling from sudden layoffs by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are asking Shelby County Commissioners to help push the school to reverse those layoffs. April 21: WMC Action News AM at 6AM April 21: WMC Action News 5 at Noon April 21: WMC Action News 5 at 3:30 p.m. April 21:… Read More
Shelby County health officials gave an update Tuesday on COVID-19 data and vaccines in the area. Over 93,000 cases have been reported in the county since the start of the pandemic.
Many general surgeons have only six weeks or so of training in bariatric surgery during residency, but they are likely to encounter post-bariatric surgery patients who will need their help. At the American College of Surgeons 2020 virtual Clinical Congress, surgeons discussed their approaches for treating these patients, who should see them, and when surgical… Read More
Levels of neutrophil elastase, a pro-inflammatory enzyme normally released by immune cells known as neutrophils, plus a greater diversity and amount of microbes could drive disease severity in cystic fibrosis (CF), a study in two siblings suggests. The study, Two Siblings Homozygous for F508del-CFTR Have Varied Disease Phenotypes and Protein Biomarkers, was published in the… Read More
