Methodist rolled out the ultrafiltration treatment in October, with Baptist planning to start soon.

Stephanie Cowan received Clinical Nurse of Distinction Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association at its gala in Nashville this fall.

Locally, experts say Wright's dominance and growth in the extremities market will make Stryker pause when considering major staffing cuts any time soon.

Stemmed Knee Spacer is designed to save time in surgery that is required due to infection.

Tru-D will maintain a presence in Memphis.

Le Bonheur’s Infantile Epilepsy Center, one of three epilepsy centers in the nation for patients under 2, is the only one in the Southeast.

Stryker has announced plans to acquire Wright Medical Group N.V. for $30.75 per share, or a total equity value of $4 billion.

UTHSC Norfleet Forum in Memphis draws experts on sickle cell disease from across the country.

Dr. Qi Zhao is lead investigator on research being done at Tulane University in New Orleans.

Church Health sees church cooks as change agents. 

Tennessee Nurses Association honors commitment, advocacy of state's nurses in conference at the Memphis Hilton. 

Dozens speak out against Gov. Bill Lee's block grant plan for TennCare at the University of Memphis.

Sally Deitch has become the new chief executive officer of the Mid-South Group of Tenet Healthcare, the Memphis market and Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis. 

St. Jude asked to improve vaccine for the obese and other people with underlying health conditions.

Participants are randomly selected for the 3-D mammogram. They won't know until they day they come in for their screening.

Blossom Within is Baptist's way of offering respite to women undergoing cancer treatment.

Researcher grew up in Lebanon, hearing the stories of famed native, Danny Thomas.

The assistant surgeon general is a dentist and the nation's spokesman on oral health issues.

The MBCC formed in 2014 when the rate of African American women in Memphis dying from breast cancer was 2:1 with white women. 

Genesis is part of the culture in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, where more than 500 people have signed on to donate their bodies to a facility in Midtown Memphis. 

Active Implants’ president and CEO hopes to shave time off the FDA approval process for the company's synthetic meniscus device.

Grace Medical expects to be selling EndoEar's line of instruments in Europe late this fall.

St. Jude symposium is designed to help hospitals worldwide see what works in palliative care and develop it at home.

Saint Francis hospitals in Bartlett and Memphis are among 26 in Tennessee and seven in southwest Virginia that have filed a civil lawsuit in Greene County (Tenn.) Circuit Court against the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of opioid-based drugs.

Memphis medical device developer Entac Medical is among initial businesses backed by new statewide early-stage capital provider, TennesSeed Fund.