UT Trustees cut out-state medical school tuition, hold others flat
Trustees approve large cuts to other graduate programs in strategy to increase enrollment.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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Health Care CrossRoads adds FDA-approved nitinol staple
The wider staple is an innovation for fractures or arthritis injuries in the mid- to hind foot, where the bones are larger.
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Real Estate Cigar bar plans two-story humidor, performance area with Downtown loan
Havana Mix will also add a new restaurant into Downtown retail space never before occupied.
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Health Care Nurses want to do their jobs without physician oversight
Nurse practitioners and other advanced-practice nurses say mandatory supervision is a way for doctors to keep control. They have taken the battle to work without physician oversight, including prescribing drugs, to the Tennessee Legislature for the fourth time since 2014.
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Health Care Shelby health department releases 9 from coronavirus observation
Eleven others who have returned from countries affected by the virus are still in quarantine.
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Health Care ‘Complete team’ walks patients through addiction issues
Dr. Shawn Hamm: "We are in the middle of an epidemic. It’s a huge public problem, and we have 75 fellowships. We need to train more physicians, and we need to do it the right way."
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Health Care Oak Street Health opening 2 elder-care clinics in Memphis
National chain's services include transportation to medical appointments and “we can meet them at the hospital. If our patients have an ER episode, we will be there."
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Health Care Good news from coronavirus is speed of modern science
Early-detection tests have already been produced that could be quickly shipped to state health departments around the nation.
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Health Care 10 years ago, St. Jude took on pediatric cancer genome, and won
Among the findings was genetic coding that proved there is more than a passing chance that some cancers are inherited.
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Business Big data may be watching you; now you could be watching it
The University of Memphis has received more than $6 million to help a modern but untrained workforce learn data science without having to attain a university degree in statistics.
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Business Rhodes College No. 7 in nation for Fulbright students
College ranks No. 7 for number of Fulbright students it produced this year.
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Health Care Tiny new arrivals at St. Francis join Heart Association’s ‘Go Red’ campaign
Congenital heart issues are the No. 1 birth defect in the U.S.
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Health Care Key ingredient against global virus outbreaks made in Memphis
Sales at Lanxess continue rising, and the coronavirus also has St. Jude Children's Research Hospital carefully examining how much and where its people travel.
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Health Care Support network for startups entices medical device inventors to stay
“We thought it would be for a short time,” said medical device entrepreneur Lia Winter. “What we found was there are so many resources in Memphis ... It makes sense to stay.”
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Health Care UTHSC’s master plan adds significant infrastructure
Gov. Bill Lee’s budget includes an additional $6 million for operational expenses on the campus, eliminating a 2%-3% tuition increase UTHSC was ready to impose.
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Health Care Regional One expands with Kirby Road clinic
Regional One Health had bid on purchasing the two Saint Francis hospitals in the Memphis area that Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has under contract.
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Health Care Growing Memphis OB-GYN practice one of largest in Southeast
New partnership improves business efficiencies; expands diagnostic resources.
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Business Protocols in place at Memphis hospitals as coronavirus expands
As a precaution, a staff member at University of Tennessee Health Science Center is on quarantine, at the university’s request, after traveling in China.
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Spirit of Memphis UTHSC researches gene that could unravel diabetes, metabolic problems
Dr. Robert Waller, retired president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, says the research has implications for better managing other health conditions that negatively impact people as they age.
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Health Care Bartlett City Schools signs 10-year contract with Campbell Clinic
Deal gives orthopedic practice naming rights in the new fieldhouse, part of district's $60 million expansion.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx taking steps to aid coronavirus relief, protect workers
The Memphis-based company has regular flights between the Bluff City and China as well as 9,500 employees in the country.
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Health Care Memphis surgeon’s partnerships create better health, better doctors
"When our students are there, it sharpens their physical exam skills for them to become just great clinicians," says Dr. Denis Foretia, noting just one of the benefits of UTHSC Global Surgery Institute's partnerships.
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Health Care Local infectious disease experts tracking coronavirus developments
It could take a few weeks to get a read on what the virus is doing, Memphis infectious disease expert Dr. Stephen Threlkeld says.
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Business The elephant in the room: Why is Memphis’ nonprofit leadership so white?
Traditionally, nonprofit boards have been made up of people who can pull in big gifts; the Center for Effective Philanthropy says nonprofits need a broader landscape.
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January 2020
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Business Coronavirus ruled out in suspected case in Tennessee
Travel to China within the last two weeks is still the biggest factor for who may be at risk.
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