UTHSC In the Media


Operation Of Cath Lab During Covid 19 Pandemic

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Dr Shyam Sathanandam at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Interventional Cardiologist has advised that catheterization laboratories should develop strategies for patient care by preserving and repurposing resources at this time of Covid 19 pandemic.


Shelby County should be able to test 5,000 people a day for COVID-19. So, why isn’t it?

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Health care providers will be busy Friday setting up signs, traffic cones and a big tent, turning another Memphis-area parking lot into another bulwark against the coronavirus. A new COVID-19 drive-thru testing station is opening at Christ Community Health Services in Hickory Hill. The faith-based health care provider will open another at its clinic in… Read More


Telecommuting turns many of us into ‘professional voice users’

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The coronavirus pandemic has created a culture of telecommunication meetings, and has forced us to use devices to connect with family and loved ones more frequently.


The poor, African Americans face worst of coronavirus

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Beverly Robinson has serious issues with diabetes. In these strange times, she’s been in a two-bedroom apartment in Hickory Hill with eight family members, four of them young children, since the schools closed on March 13.  


As COVID-19 patients increase, some Memphis hospitals look to old remedies for a new virus

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As the number of COVID-19 patients in Memphis-area hospitals increases, some medical professionals are looking to long-used drugs and treatments successful with other viruses to treat patients with the novel coronavirus, for which there is currently no cure or vaccine.  


Bridgeport native, WVWC alum Honce researching infectious diseases

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West Virginia Wesleyan College alumna, Rebekah Honce, has always been always been fascinated by the natural world.


Congressman Cohen Announces Alcohol Research Grant to UTHSC

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Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $76,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to conduct alcohol research.  


The Cath Lab during COVID

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Interventional cardiologists should prioritize the conservation of medical resources, minimization of potential COVID-19 exposure and reallocation of resources, according to a paper published on April 9 in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. April 15: BioEngineer