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
The Kosten Foundation’s Purple Night is set for Saturday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Auditorium in the Cancer Research Building at 19 S. Manassas St.
On Saturday, Sept. 10, a dozen children ages 13 months to 4 years old, got to drive and take home shiny new ride-on toy cars modified to fit their special needs. The cars were part of the first-ever GoBabyGo! Memphis project presented by the first-year PT students under the direction of Roberta “Bertie” Gatlin, PT, ScD,… Read More
An anaplastologist, Maddie Singer, at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry, applied finishing touches on Tuesday to the silicone nose that restores John Haley’s, a chef at Bardog Tavern, profile.
Shelby County’s Chief Public Defender Stephen Bush wrote a letter to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health in Nashville, saying the current wait time for treatment is the longest he’s seen in his 25 year career. “Once in the system, the amount of work that goes into providing [mental health inmates] with services, keeping them… Read More
