When families have children in the hospital, the last thing they want to worry about is finding a place to stay nearby.

It was an emotional moment for both of them.

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.

Oscar Insurance Corp. has expanded its Tennessee footprint to include residents in the Memphis metro counties of Shelby, Tipton, Fayette, Lauderdale and Haywood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When Robbie Spearman lost her twins in the neonatal intensive care unit, she dropped to her knees in grief.

After a day full of classroom instruction, clinicals and homework, medical students started to fill the Church Health community room at Crosstown Concourse the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 3.

It’s that time of year again when women and men bring the pink apparel to the front of their closets; pink ribbons can be seen pinned on lapels across the business community and even Memphis Tigers players done pink footwear and gloves.

Today’s consumers have higher expectations. They not only want a great product, but they are willing to buy from or boycott companies based on corporate values.

Memphis-based nonprofit Youth Villages is ending residential treatment for boys at its Deer Valley campus in Linden, Tennessee, and shifting emphasis to community-based services.

Nothing is scarier than watching your child experience a seizure. Just ask Ashley Eagle. Her 3-year-old son, Jackson, has been seeing doctors for a genetic disorder and epilepsy since he was a baby. Colds and viruses typically cause flare-ups, bringing multiple seizures a week, even with medication.

Genomic testing can done based on a 21-gene profile to classify breast cancer patients into categories of low risk, intermediate risk or high risk. And based on that profile, doctors determine whether or not the patient would benefit from chemotherapy.

Instead of waiting to schedule a doctor’s appointment until a health concern comes along, a new clinic in Midtown is taking a more proactive approach to health care.

When it comes to curing pediatric cancer on a global scale, treatment is just one piece of the puzzle.

Bringing comfort and joy to patients at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis is what Lily, an 8-year-old Coton du Tulear breed, does best. Lily is a part of St. Francis’ newly expanded volunteer program consisting of 11 new members, including her handler, Richard Herbert. The first pet therapy dog at the hospital, she made her public debut on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

When 9-year-old Sydney Ives attended her first piano lesson, she put her hands on the keys and when she attempted to play a note, her right hand fell flat to her side, as if she’d had a stroke.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is collaborating with a Singapore-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company to develop a novel way of using a patient’s immune system to fight cancer.