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Chandler Howard was a freshman in high school when he started getting headaches, neck and back pain. -
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St. Jude Memphis Marathon fundraising gets boost from corporate teams
A large team from Mitsubishi Electric’s Memphis manufacturing facility will be among the record-setting 26,000 participants, 40,000 spectators and 4,000 volunteers at this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend. -
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Le Bonheur Children’s begins search for new president, CEO
After 12 years of leading Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, president and CEO Meri Armour plans to retire in 2019. -
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‘They love them as their own’
Amanda and David Bass’ chances of having a healthy pregnancy were not good. Their fertility specialist told them there was a 75 percent chance that Amanda and/or the baby would not make it. -
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Rock your socks off for St. Jude
Oak Hall and Lansky Bros. are collaborating on a unique project that gives back to the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A set of three pairs of collectible socks is available just in time for the holidays, and sales benefit St. Jude. -
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Shelby County offering free flu shot clinic Dec. 5
The Shelby County Health Department is offering free flu shots Wednesday, Dec. 5, as part of a statewide vaccination event. -
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Medtronic’s alternative to opioids for back pain? Balloons, cement
One morning, Caroline Harris, 70, woke up with severe pain in her lower back. Was it the exercise she did? Picking up that heavy object? Climbing a flight of stairs? -
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Pioneering St. Jude researcher Dr. Brian Sorrentino dies
Dr. Brian Sorrentino, a longtime researcher and director of experimental hematology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has died. -
Health Care UTHSC research team among 2018 CORNET Award winners
Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center were among the 2018 recipients of The Delta Clinical and Translational Science Consortium’s Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards. -
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Golf, military service foster friendship sealed with kidney donation
Loosely holding a rolled-up program in his hand, Dustin Lehmann tapped it on his knee as if playing along with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Veteran’s Day performance Saturday night. -
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Exclusive: ALSAC undertakes digital transformation, facing disruptions in fundraising
From digital payment transactions to streaming television shows, advances in technology over the past several decades have changed the way the world does business, consumes media and even gives to charity. ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, realizes that to keep up, it too must evolve. -
Health Care
Methodist approved to administer new cancer treatment, first in the region
Methodist Healthcare’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Center has been approved to administer a new type of cancer treatment unique to the Mid-South. -
Health Care
FedExFamilyHouse triples in size with completed expansion
When families have children in the hospital, the last thing they want to worry about is finding a place to stay nearby. -
Health Care
With two employees affected by cancer, local business raises money, awareness
It was an emotional moment for both of them. -
Health Care
Smartphone app creates variation on workplace wellness
A local tech company is harnessing the power of data and gamification to improve employee wellness and reduce smartphone distraction in the workplace. Memphis-based Extracon Science LLC recently announced the launch of EngageMode, an app which has been in beta testing and is rolling out with current customers. -
Health Care
New health insurance company enters Memphis market
Oscar Insurance Corp. has expanded its Tennessee footprint to include residents in the Memphis metro counties of Shelby, Tipton, Fayette, Lauderdale and Haywood. -
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Baptist Women’s Health offers mammograms on the go
Though it may resemble a truck from the outside, the interior of Baptist Women’s Health Center’s new mobile mammogram unit is something else entirely. -
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Thesis competition uses Harry Potter references to make scientific research relatable
Three minutes. That’s how long a group of Ph.D. candidates will have Friday night to explain the years of research and hundreds of pages that make up their dissertations. -
Health Care Drug collection day is Saturday at four area Kroger stores
Saturday, Oct. 27, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Kroger is teaming up with UnitedHealthcare and Cardinal Health Foundation to help remove potentially dangerous medications from homes and safely dispose of them. -
Health Care Youth Villages takes its YVLifeSet model to four more markets
Memphis-based Youth Villages is awarding $10 million in grants to four jurisdictions to expand services for transition-age foster youth through its YVLifeSet model. -
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Methodist nurses create handmade costumes for NICU babies
“Open up your eyes, sweet girl,” Kaitlyn Bothwell, 26, whispered to her 7-day-old baby Kennedy Jae Bothwell. “This is your first photo shoot.” Quiet coo sounds came from the room in the neonatal intensive care unit as Kennedy Jae opened and closed her eyes, blinking into the light from a nearby window. -
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Couple turns infant loss grief into a gift for others
Emily Long was 38 weeks pregnant when she noticed her usually active baby wasn't moving. Long and her husband, Joel, called their doctor who advised them to come to the hospital immediately. -
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Campbell Clinic expansion underway in Germantown
With an increasing demand of for muscular and skeletal services, Campbell Clinic is expanding its Germantown campus, almost tripling the current 60,000-square-foot location. -
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Local pharmacist changes state law to put high-dollar chemo drugs in the hands of low-income Tennesseans
After three years, the last domino finally fell. Phil Baker, founder of Good Shepherd Pharmacy, took a call from The Daily Memphian while standing at the foot of the Washington Monument. -
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St. Jude researchers receive ‘high-risk, high-reward’ grants
There’s no reward without a little risk and two researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have received grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $5 million for cutting-edge, experimental research.
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