Infant deaths from critical heart diseases have declined 33 percent in eight states where the American Heart Association was successful in passing laws to require mandatory testing for heart defects before newborns leave the hospital.
More housing for the families of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patients could be coming soon to the Pinch District Downtown.
A local woman with brain aneurysms had two completely different experiences when the FDA approved a medical device alternative in time for her second surgery.
Expect to hear more about a new cardiovascular institute in Memphis now that its leadership team is in place.
Benefits of telehealth moving beyond access to more comprehensive health care management, including pharmacy and optometry services.
Facing an opioid addiction crisis, surgeons, insurance providers and patients themselves are exploring pain management alternatives, including nerve freezing and cold-water therapy.
A Cordova-based company's model of outsourcing and automating genetic testing has it poised for growth in 2019.
Cash Saver brought a grocer to the Southgate Shopping Center after Kroger closed its store last year. Now, Regional One Health is filling the pharmacy void.
ALSAC has added a digital news platform to reach new donors and better connect with current supporters of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Local employers are working together to ensure their employee health benefit plans offer the same affordability and access to mental health services as they do to primary care.
PharMEDium, a mass-production compounding pharmacy that has had regulatory issues, has filed notice of plans for a layoff at its Memphis facility effective March 12.
St. Francis Hospital's CEO has taken a different slant to stem the nursing shortage, using a national recruiting company to help bring in nurses from outside the United States.
A Collierville chiropractor is opening a second office in East Memphis and has her sights set on additional locations.
A clinical trial company is looking for people who want to know if Alzheimer’s disease is in their DNA.
An exercise physiologist at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital is working with a local virtual reality developer to get kids introduced to healthy practices, like exercise, early in life.
After a year of tense contract negotiations, Cigna and the parent company of Saint Francis Healthcare have come to an agreement.
Baptist Women’s Hospital is using technology to connect families with their newborn relatives who are recovering in the NICU.
The first baby of 2019 in Memphis was born at Methodist South Hospital at 2:47 a.m.
A little girl's brief life spawns a new way to help families in need while their loved ones are hospitalized.
Breast cancer consortium to probe why more women in the Memphis metro are not getting annual mammograms, and reasons behind the wide mortality gap between white and black women.
Methodist Le Bonheur is offering a new stent treatment for patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease, a condition that diabetics and those with high blood pressure are susceptible to develop.
The 86-year-old scientist who linked the origin of the flu virus to migratory birds still comes to work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to prepare for a possible pandemic should bird flu ever learn to spread among humans.
Winter is the start of cold and flu season. But this year, the dangerous respiratory virus RSV – the No. 1 cause of hospitalization of infants in the U.S. – has been peaking earlier than usual. What parents and seniors need to know.