New UT researcher receives $1.53 million grant for work in autism, schizophrenia. 

African-Americans donate fewer organs than most racial groups. But their need for organs far surpasses the supply.

Dr. Glen Steele, who was enshrined into the National Optometry Hall of Fame this summer, has no plans to slow down his work at Southern College of Optometry.

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital gave Cooper Kilburn, 2, his voice with the first reconstructed child larynx and airway passage ever recorded.

Methodist Le Bonheur is raising its minimum wage as part of series of changes to help fight poverty in Memphis. 

UTHSC researcher Siamak Yousefi has landed a $500,000 grant for a project that uses artificial intelligence to catch glaucoma early.

The diverse Medical District spends a week getting people out of their offices and routines to see the sights and meet the folks.

ALSAC/St Jude has a message for every audience; the one no one will miss is how much fun the tournament is for the kids.

In Shelby County, 27 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported, none of them fatal.

Company that manufactures rehab equipment gives Terry Davis a customized wheelchair with an elevating function. 

It's the love of the game and an opportunity to give back that inspire the volunteers, but a BlueCross BlueShield sponsorship sets the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational apart from other PGA Tour events.

An interventional cardiologist at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has performed several experimental first-in-the-world heart procedures on patients that were deemed inoperable by other physicians. 

Among its other attributes, a local, inflatable field hospital will take pressure off hospital resources in a bona fide emergency at a large event in Memphis. 

A four-year study on care given to really sick patients after being discharged from the hospital reveals the importance of creating reimbursement systems that pay for total patient care, including rapid follow-ups.

President Trump's mandate to dramatically reduce kidney disease and expensive dialysis was greeted warmly in Memphis, where diabetes and hypertension are members of a deadly dynasty. 

A biodegradable drug delivery implant startup based in Memphis has launched a private placement investment offering through MicroVentures. 

With more bone fractures occurring in the warmer months, a medical device startup is piloting a cooler cast with Regional One Health. 

Jenny Bartlett-Prescott and Jennie Robbins have been promoted at Church Health and will become the nonprofit's first chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively.

Memphis has become a mecca for medical training and medical device development partially due to the number of readily available human cadavers in the Medical District. 

Church Health is funding a new position in partnership with the School of Social Work at the University of Memphis to enhance behavioral health services to the underserved and largely uninsured Latino community in Memphis. 

The first graduates of a new family medicine residency are taking a Memphis-based, whole-person approach to primary care out to rural communities and across the country. 

More than 400,000 homes in Shelby County could fall under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's stricter hazard standards for lead-contaminated dust from chipped or peeling lead-based paint. 

As Lt. Gov. Randy McNally supports a federal rule change to increase Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals, Shelby Democrats continue their call for Medicaid expansion.

A sophomore at Collierville High School is traveling to Washington this summer to level with legislators about the high cost that comes with living with Type 1 diabetes. 

The switch from store to clinic not only demonstrates a change in retail, but a trend in health care as well.