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
If you’ve resolved to adopt better eating habits in 2017, here’s some advice: Eat on a regular schedule, and don’t skip meals. This helps keep you satiated and prevents unnecessary grazing. Eating regular meals is also a key strategy in successful weight loss and weight maintenance efforts. Those dealing with medical issues, like diabetes, pre-diabetes or… Read More
For Dr. Harry Kochat, the best parts of working in pharmaceutical development are the interactions with grateful patients. Like the one he remembers from early in his career, when Kochat – whose work has focused on the development of life-saving drugs for more than three decades – encountered a mother and her young son. That… Read More
Dr. Harry Kochat has been named the new director of the Plough Center for Sterile Drug Delivery Systems at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
With an opioid abuse epidemic raging, many children of parents addicted to prescription painkillers or heroin, or whose parents have died from overdosing on the powerful drugs, are now being cared for by their grandparents. That’s contributed significantly to a rise in so-called grandfamilies: As of last year, 2.9 million children in the U.S. were… Read More
f you think good sleep hygiene means taking a bath before bedtime, read on. While cleanliness is admirable, there’s more to this type of hygiene than soap and water. Good sleep hygiene involves all the things you do to get ready for sleep — your bedtime routine. And it can mean the difference between spending the… Read More
Methodist Healthcare made a “great commitment” to Memphis this year. Those are the words of Methodist University Hospital CEO Jeff Liebman, who referenced the health care system’s multimillion-dollar investment into its flagship hospital at 1265 Union Ave., part of a master plan that will give the facility a modern overhaul. On the facilities front, UTHSC… Read More
With just more than four months on Memphis streets since its debut, the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is already seeing impressive results from its new Mobile Stroke Unit.
