For many young adults, college is their first experience on their own. The new independence can be exciting, but it can also be isolating, especially for those with a history of mental health struggles. We look at how one young woman lost her own battle with mental illness and how those who loved her are… Read More
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, visited the College of Medicine-Chattanooga campus on Wednesday, for a town hall meeting with faculty and staff to discuss the operation and future improvements of the university’s regional campus.
Volunteers from the Campbell Clinic provided foot exams and distributed new shoes to 104 homeless people at the Memphis Union Mission on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The pop-up clinic at 600 Poplar Ave. was part of a national event called Our Hearts to Your Soles.
The Bluff City Medical Society is hosting their annual fundraising event to raise the scholarship funds for minority medical students and medical residents at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine. Bluff City Medical Society President Michelle Kitson joined the Action News 5 Digital Desk to preview the event.
Regional One Health has long been a lifeline for residents of rural West Tennessee who need specialized health care unavailable in their own communities. That includes patients with high-risk pregnancies, who must travel back and forth to Memphis to receive care at the hospital’s Center for High Risk Pregnancy.
“A fast buzz in my head.” “A sudden reboot of my brain’s senses.” “It’s like an electrical current.” If you’re tapering off antidepressants or recently skipped a dose or two, you may have experienced a mysterious side effect commonly known as “brain zaps.”
Police say a woman stole several credit cards from employees at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and then went to Sam’s Club to use them.
African American cisgender men who had sex with men (MSM) were significantly more likely to continue HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care after a telehealth initiation of prophylactic doxycycline than those who did not receive this intervention, based on data from a new study of 712 individuals.
