The University of Tennessee Health Science Center received a $1-million grant from the Assisi Foundation of Memphis for its mobile stroke unit. On average, the mobile stroke unit is about 72 minutes faster at treating a stroke victim than a regular ambulance. As local 24’s Tish Clark explains, those minutes can be the difference between… Read More
In treating a stroke, minutes — and even seconds — matter to preserve neurons that are vital to motor function and preserving life. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) Mobile Stroke Unit, a veritable “emergency room on wheels” with hospital-grade CT imaging technology, helps lessen the time period between when a call is… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center advisory board unanimously approved Dr. Phil Wenk, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Tennessee, as its chairman during its inaugural meeting Thursday, Feb. 14, on the university’s campus in Memphis. The board was created by the University of Tennessee Focusing on Campus and University Success (FOCUS) Act,… Read More
Looking back, Otto remembers struggling to breathe when he was as young as four. Exertion would make him cough, and the coughing fits would go on and on. Growing up in a family of eight children in a village in northern Uganda, he would try to run and play with other kids. But usually he… Read More
It was a special treat for kids Thursday in the Memphis Medical District. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry hosted Give Kids A Smile Day. It’s part of a national event for the American Dental Association to provide free oral health services to underserved children. But the faculty says the event… Read More
The new advisory board created solely to focus on the needs of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will hold its inaugural meeting in Downtown Memphis next week. The UTHSC advisory board had been scheduled to hold its first meeting in Nashville Jan. 10, but canceled the meeting because of scheduling conflicts. “Only a… Read More
According to a new study conducted at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the more social connections a mother has, the higher her kids scored on early cognitive development tests – and if the mom didn’t have many friends, her kids scored lower.
A recent study investigated whether or not blood pressure control could reduce the risk of developing dementia and cognitive impairment. This groundbreaking research was done right here in the Mid-South. Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the Memphis Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center were part of the SPRINT MIND (Systolic… Read More
