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UTHSC Hosts “LIVE! Just As We Are” Photo Exhibit of African-American Women Breast Cancer Survivors

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Loretta Hill, a five-year survivor of breast cancer, was the guest speaker recently at UTHSC campus reception for the “Live! Just as We Are” exhibition of photos of African-American breast cancer survivors from West Tennessee. Hill, whose portrait is in the exhibition, spoke candidly of coping with the disease …


Breast cancer study hits close to home in Memphis

The Commercial Appeal

Falander West hands a pink rose to her husband, Robert West, because, “he went through it with me,” as the pair attended a opening of the “Live! Just as We Are” exhibition of 80 portraits of African American breast cancer survivors from West Tennessee … The exhibit is on display in the lobby of the… Read More


Oral solithromycin shows pneumonia pivotal-trial efficacy

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The data make solithromycin look like a promising way to once again have a macrolide available for empiric oral treatment of more severe community-acquired pneumonia, pending full peer review of the data, commented Dr. Muthiah P. Muthiah, a pulmonologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.


UTHSC will host reception for the “Live! Just as We Are” photo exhibit Oct. 29

The Daily News

University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host a free public reception for the “Live! Just as We Are” photo exhibition Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the 930 Madison Ave. lobby. The exhibition includes more than 80 portraits of African-American breast cancer survivors. Call 901-448-2704 for details.


Pneumonia Marker Linked to Higher Readmissions

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… too few people were treated using the PCT algorithm, according to Muthiah Muthiah, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis …


American Lung Association Announces New Research Awards

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Amali Samarasinghe, PhD of the The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is studying to find out why asthma patients were less likely to die of the influenza virus during the 2009 pandemic.


Sugar Is Definitely Toxic, a New Study Says

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“Too much calorie intake is still the biggest problem,” says Dr. Mark Corkins, professor of pediatrics at University of Tennessee Health Science Center and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on nutrition.


Campus workers protest possible outsourcing

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Employees and students from the UT Health Science Center and the University of Memphis banded together to show their disapproval of Governor Haslam’s proposal of outsourcing state jobs on the corner of Union Avenue and East Street during Thursday’s protest.