Subarachnoid hemorrhage is considered a stroke only when it occurs spontaneously, meaning there is no accident or fall. A spontaneous hemorrhage usually results from the sudden rupture of an aneurysm in a brain artery, according to a scientific paper by Andrei V. Alexandrov, MD, and Balaji Krishnaiah , MD, of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Leading experts in trauma and critical care surgery will convene at a news conference on Monday, October 21, to discuss the lifesaving potential of making prehospital whole blood — blood administered before arriving at a hospital — widely available on ambulances across the United States.
Haley Love, MD, a specialist in emergency medicine, has joined the medical staff of Maury Regional Medical Center, according to a MRMC press release.
Erlanger Primary Care is expanding its footprint with a new location in Ooltewah at 5953 Elementary Way, Suite 109.
Dr. Jessi Gold, the UT System chief wellness officer and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UT Health Science Center in Memphis, said Narcan training and distribution “can save lives, period,” citing examples of seeing it as a psychiatrist first-hand from patients in the emergency room.
Immunotherapy, using a patient’s own immune system to treat disease, has shown promise in some patients with cancer but has not worked in most.
I entered medical school absolutely certain of one thing: I didn’t want to be a psychiatrist like my father.
Le Bonheur is the primary pediatric hospital affiliate with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Together, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur train more than 350 new pediatricians and pediatric specialists each year.
