St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has won a national contract to create a flu vaccine that will be as effective for people with underlying conditions, including obesity, as the healthy. “It’s going to be a challenge,” said Dr. Chasity Shelton, assistant dean in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Pharmacy. “The researchers… Read More
In a world of rising opioid addiction, vaping and oral cancers, 2019 is the year of oral health, says Rear Admiral Timothy Ricks, both the chief dental officer of the U.S. Public Health Service and the nation’s assistant surgeon general.
The Assistant Surgeon General was in the Mid-South Monday. Rear Admiral Timothy Ricks was at UTHSC’s College of Dentistry. Ricks oversees the dentists who serve in numerous federal agencies. Some of those include the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Health Service Corps, and others.
Feeding America released a study of food insecurity that found the hungriest citizens in America are in the Memphis area. 17.3% of our older population struggles to find food to eat. We’ll examine MIFA and their efforts at Feeding The Need. Most of us will chalk up feeling sluggish to old age. But it could… Read More
A wellness center featuring Pilates, yoga, and mediation studios is opening soon on the UT Health Science Center campus. The 3,200 square foot space is currently under construction on the second floor of the Student-Alumni Center on campus. The Mind-Body Wellness Center is in addition to UTHSC’s campus gym.
At least two of the hundreds of people at the Block Party for Peace on Saturday share a nickname: both Louis Taper and Tennessee Rep. Antonio Parkinson answer to “2 Shay.”It’s a nickname Parkinson, creator of the 3-day event for Raleigh and Frayser, was given while in the Marine Corps. Inspired by the cartoon character… Read More
Members and allies of the Mid-South LGBTQ community gathered Downtown to celebrate Memphis Pride Fest on Saturday afternoon. Companies and organizations from in and around Memphis that participated in the event included International Paper, ServiceMaster, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, AutoZone and more. Each had employees on-hand to deliver a message of inclusion.
The program called the Sickle Cell Data Collection program or SCDC is at present functional in two states – California and Georgia. With the new funds coming in, nine states would be able to collect and send population based information on the health of persons living with sickle cell disease (SCD). According to the report… Read More
