UTHSC In the Media


Carb Wars: Why Are Alternative Diets Becoming So Popular? 

Memphis Flyer

By now, all us have that low-carb friend. The one who hisses at bread and pasta like a garlic-frightened vampire. The one who asks for bunless burgers at a restaurant. The person who rices (yes, it’s a verb here) cauliflower and “spiralizes” zucchinis into something called “zoodles.”  


Multi-Tasking a ‘Life Passion’ For HEI’s Busy Penny Asbell

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Despite her extensive list of professional credits and global recognition in the field of vision and ophthalmology, native New Yorker Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, now calls herself a hometown Memphian, excited about progress toward the goals she’s pursuing as chair and professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Department of… Read More


How two longtime Memphis researchers are helping brain injury/dementia caregivers

The Memphis Business Journal

Researchers with the Memphis VA and UTHSC lead a nationwide study to help caregivers who are taking care of veterans with traumatic brain injuries. Also: One News Page: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/Business/1zlq13ll1i/How-two-longtime-Memphis-researchers-are-helping-brain.htm


Researcher looks for link between diabetes, cardiovascular disease

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Researchers have known for years that people with Type 2 diabetes are three times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, even die from it, than the rest of the population.  


UTHSC partners with hospitals in China for graduate training

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University of Tennessee Health Science Center has worked out arrangements to support 15 students from China each year as they enter and complete three-year graduate training programs in health sciences here.    


Live at 9: Mayor Strickland, UTHSC’s midwife program and Watercooler Wednesday

WREG

Dr. Kate Fouquier and Davin Johnson talk about midwifery and the new program that will be soon be available at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Three tips for New Year’s weight loss

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The most common New Year’s resolution in Tennessee is dieting to lose weight, according to Vitagene, a health blog. However, a common question is “how do I successfully lose weight?” The answer is pretty simple. By keeping a record of everything you eat, you are becoming aware of what and how much you eat. A study conducted… Read More


No evidence for link between PPIs and dementia

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Researchers found no clinically meaningful association between short-term proton pump inhibitor therapy and increased risk for dementia, according to the results of a meta-analysis. Colin W. Howden, MD, FACG, Hyman Professor of Medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and colleagues wrote that proton pump inhibitors… Read More