By 2019, Rep. London Lamar had seen a cousin die as a result of complications during childbirth. She had advocated for better support for women during pregnancy. And she had suffered her own devastating late-term pregnancy loss. Lamar, a Memphis Democrat who is Black, cited those experiences in introducing a resolution recognizing the role of… Read More
Dr. Valerie Arnold, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said she’s excited the guidelines encourage providers to address an important problem that too often goes unidentified.
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
While deaths from all forms of cancer dropped nationally by 20 percent over the past 35 years, a new study shows that death rates actually increased in some U.S. counties, including in rural areas of Tennessee, Kentucky and other parts of the South. he death rate varied depending on the type of cancer, but was… Read More
The federal Food and Drug Administration is dropping some of its regulation of hearing aids in hopes that cheaper alternatives will soon be available. But the proposal is drawing opposition from audiologists, who say inexpensive devices won’t help people with serious hearing loss. Hearing aids are medical devices, so the FDA regulates how they are… Read More
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is touting the 21st Century Cures bill, which the Senate and House have now passed and President Barack Obama is expected to sign, as “the most important bill of the year.” The $6.3 billion legislation includes $1 billion to fight opioid abuse and $1.8 billion for Vice President Joe Biden’s… Read More
About 25 protesters lined the streets outside the University of Tennessee Health Science Center on Thursday, criticizing the school’s use of live pigs to train medical personnel.
Dr. Margaret Rhea Seddon is a 1973 graduate of the medical school and one of NASA’s first female astronauts … The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis said [that] from 1996 to 2007, Seddon was assistant chief medical officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
