UTHSC In the Media


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

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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.


Live! Just as We Are Photo Exhibit

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On Thursday, October 29, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center hosts a free public reception for the “Live! Just as We Are” photo exhibition of African-American women who are breast cancer survivors.


Memphis Research Explores Effects of Mixing Caffeine and Alcohol

Memphis Flyer

Dopico [has] studied the effect of alcohol on the brain for the past 20 years and is a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where he’s also the chair of the Department of Pharmacology.