“For a long time, it’s been our desire to try to halt progression as nearsightedness develops, especially with it being on the rise,” said a local optometrist. It is estimated that more than 50% of the world population may become nearsighted by 2025.
The council passed a unanimous, but nonbinding, resolution asking for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris to reconsider the current $1.9 billion plan.
Each October, as the sun sets over the Mississippi River, Memphians gather under the Sunset Canopy at Tom Lee Park to dance, box or do Pilates in the dusk.
“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.”
When Regional One Health leaders and county elected officials marked the naming of the teams that will start design work on the new county-owned hospital this past week, some of the dollar figures had changed.
Plus, a Germantown weight loss clinic that’s “about the inside out” opens, and a former Mexican restaurant could become and AutoZone.
Delta Groove Yoga will close its Overton Square studio this weekend after 12 years, though its teacher training school will continue.
Nurses, patients and more gathered at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Saturday, Sept. 20, for a neonatal intensive care reunion.
The plant operations team at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis walked into the conference room expecting a meeting. Instead, the team was met with a room full of people waiting to congratulate them.
An event held last March served 21 high-need patients, and several of Friday’s patients were return patients receiving cataract surgery on their other eye.
Plans for a 16-story, 865,000-square-foot research tower in Downtown Memphis are underway.
Along with providing care for conditions like brain tumors and seizures, the institute is also training a new generation of neurologists.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools said several cases of the disease were confirmed at Sherwood Elementary.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law on July 4 includes a slew of changes to federal student loans programs, and some officials are concerned for that means for students in the Mid-South.
Anton “AJ” Hill Jr. sustained second and third-degree burns across his torso, abdomen and upper legs. And the healing process led him somewhere new.
“It is a long weekend, and this weekend starts obviously with a lot of activities. But we want people to come and have fun,” Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare CEO Michael Ugwueke said.
The plan to replace Regional One Health’s outdated Memphis Medical District campus with a modern facility now totals $1.9 billion.
With a new grant, UTHSC hopes to create a model for improving rural health care across America.
To avoid a stroke, Memphis neurologists say you should understand risk factors, make lifestyle changes and not skip routine physicals.
Dr. Balaji Krishnaiah is trying to get local med students, college students and even high school students interested in neurology to help combat the Memphis neurology desert. About 80% of strokes are preventable. Here’s how you can help yourself.Related story:
With hospitals across Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, Memphis-based Baptist is one of the country’s largest nonprofit health care systems and the region’s largest provider of Medicaid.
In a Memphis coffeeshop, Artavius Veasey encourage people of color, who make up about 60% of the 100,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list, to consider organ donation.
The Memphis nonprofit’s new leader brings almost three decades of YMCA leadership experience, including 11 years in Memphis.
The U.S. is expected to hit a shortfall of more than 100,000 health care workers in just three short years, with nurses and nursing assistants being some of the most in-demand jobs.
While nursing is the nation’s largest health care profession, nursing-school enrollment is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand for registered nurses.
The Ophthalmic Practice Rules were created to let consumers comparison-shop by insisting prescribers put prescriptions in patients’ hands before they buy corrective eyewear.
The new University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine building would be built between the College of Pharmacy and the former Holiday Inn hotel tower.
Dr. James Downing joins St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital founder Danny Thomas and Church Health founder Dr. Scott Morris as an honoree.
Methodist Olive Branch President David Baytos has served as Methodist University interim president since Tim Slocum left in January.