A total of 679 first-year students from all six colleges of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences took part in Interprofessional Education (IPE) Day last week. Of those, 602 swapped classroom seats for mixed teams on Doc’s Field, and 77 joined virtually. Future dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and other health professionals and scientists spent the… Read More
Back in 1939 when Willis C. Campbell, MD, published the first edition of “Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics,” he included the most current orthopedic surgical practices of the day. Pre-World War II, that meant extensive and aggressive surgical measures, limited medications, lengthy narrative descriptions, and medical illustrations and line drawings. Today, the 15th edition of what has… Read More
New College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building Will Change How Students Learn, Collaborate and Prepare to Serve Tennessee Before beginning the design, the project team imagined a student’s day. Where would a medical student gather with classmates? Where would students from different health professions work together? Where could someone study quietly, practice a procedure or step… Read More
Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences are part of a team working to move a promising antiviral drug one step closer to being tested in humans. The team has received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct studies needed to prepare the drug candidate called BDGR-354, also known… Read More
Twenty-five years ago, Jianfeng Xiao, MD, PhD, was a postdoctoral researcher in Bonn, Germany, when an unexpected phone call changed the direction of his career. A neurologist at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences in Memphis had read one of Dr. Xiao’s papers and wanted to talk to him about a very unusual rat. “He… Read More
More than 60% of U.S. adults used a dietary supplement in the past 30 days between August 2021 and August 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many of them sorting through claims pushed by TikTok influencers, trendy wellness products and performance enhancers that often reach the market without FDA approval. To… Read More
By the time a child’s blood sugar begins to rise, the story of Type 2 diabetes may have been unfolding for years. Insulin resistance is already underway. Inflammation has taken hold. The body is struggling to keep blood sugar in check. But what if there was a warning sign even earlier, before any of that… Read More
Arsenic trioxide presents an interesting medical paradox: It is a highly toxic chemical that can cause serious harm to the brain, yet it is also an essential medicine used to treat a rare form of blood cancer. When used in hospitals to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, arsenic trioxide can be lifesaving. Outside medical treatment, however,… Read More
