When someone loses a body part to amputation, he or she may experience residual, aka “phantom,” limb sensation. It’s the feeling that the body part is still present – whether after a major limb amputation, surgical removal of a finger or even following a mastectomy. Although the body part is gone, leftover physical feelings are… Read More
Who gets more sleep, folks who live in Alton Park or the North Shore? Who’s the worst when it comes to seeing a dentist, and what are the consequences? And what Chattanooga neighborhood is the home of the city’s worst binge drinkers? A new interactive map from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More
Dr. Sam Dagogo-Jack, professor of medicine and chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, helped lead a major study showing that lifestyle and diet changes can reduce by up to 58 percent the occurrence of diabetes among people who are pre-diabetic. Lifestyle and diet, the study… Read More
Matthew Moore has been named the assistant vice chancellor and registrar for student affairs and enrollment services for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has seen a flurry of construction since the university’s master plan was unveiled in 2014, including a new Translational Science Building and the Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety Center and Plough Center for the Sterile Development buildings, both currently under construction. As part of that master plan, UTHSC’s… Read More
In the past five years, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has completed $350 million of construction. And the effort slows no sign of stopping as the medical college begins to pivot to phase 2 of its campus master plan aimed at going from an incidental to an intentional campus. UTHSC executive vice chancellor… Read More
Dr. Altha Stewart of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis says being named president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association is a tremendous and humbling honor and that she is looking forward to leading the organization.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) plans to build new apartments on 10 acres in the Medical District. The planned site, which is already owned by UTHSC, is bordered by Jefferson Avenue, Manassas Street, Madison Avenue and Orleans Street.
