The latest summit convening more than 200 people working to find a multi-approach remedy to the opioid epidemic emphasized individual stories of those affected over statistics and data.    

The first gathering of black graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine this weekend will include the formal introduction of an endowment for scholarships for first-year black students at the college.  

A local nonprofit pharmacy that is using blockchain to ensure the traceability of expensive, donated chemotherapy drugs is now part of a multi-region effort to secure the nation's drug supply chain. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation has made David Carnes Park in Whitehaven the first example of how its BlueCross Healthy Place initiative can turn a park into a true community asset.

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have developed a novel treatment using HIV as a vector to deliver re-engineered blood cells that create an immune system for patients who are born without one. 

It's still common practice in the Mid-South to bring a cooler full of Gatorade or Capri Suns to a youth sporting event, but not for long if two large health groups have their say.  

An annual journey from Nashville to Sewanee University took on new meaning when one of the founding members lost their 10-month-old daughter to SIDS.  

High schoolers aren't the only ones attending senior prom this spring. Senior citizen centers across the city are hosting proms of their own as a way to get seniors moving and reminiscing.  

The former Soviet nation of Armenia is the first country to join St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's global effort to improve pediatric cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries. 

With his latest donation, Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley has now donated more than $1 million to a local effort to provide comprehensive health care to those with sickle cell anemia. 

The concept of workplace wellness has shifted to a greater focus on mental health and mindfulness. Learn more in the video highlights from The Daily Memphian's Healthy Workplace Seminar.

Baptist Memorial Health Care is offering a new breast cancer procedure that enables women to opt out of the weeks of radiation therapy following surgery. 

With children in Shelby County experiencing twice as many adverse childhood experiences than the national average, a symposium was held Friday to turn awareness into action.  

Workplace wellness used to mean "biggest loser" competitions and smoking cessation, but is evolving as mental health issues have become more apparent.  

Doctors, nurses and staff are going through a "day in the life" of patients to prepare for the consolidation of various Methodist University Hospital departments into the new $275 million Shorb Tower later this month.  

Beginning July 1, out-of-state students in certain programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will pay a reduced tuition rate.

As community hospitals have closed in Haywood and Fayette counties, Baptist Memorial Health Care has been trying for years to get a certificate of need to build a freestanding emergency department in nearby Arlington. 

The definition of “first aid” is growing given that 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a mental health crisis in a given year. 

Recent Shelby County Schools special education graduates have been preparing for jobs in health care this year through Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's expanded partnership with Project SEARCH. 

In the 12 years Meri Armour has led the children's hospital, Le Bonheur has grown from a community hospital to a national center of pediatric innovation. 

Addiction and substance abuse professionals are gathering at the Shelby County Opioid Summit this week to address what they define as a genetic brain disorder that has turned into a public health crisis. 

A partnership between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and a Downtown housing developer could bring the first new apartments to be constructed in the Memphis Medical District in decades. 

Memphis-based biopharmaceutical company GTx Inc. and a San Diego-based biotech firm are planning a reverse merger that will end GTx’s Memphis operations.

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital announces $38 million expansion of its fast-growing Heart Institute.

When families are struggling to pay rent, they don't always have the money for medications or even the gas to get to the doctor. Le Bonheur is addressing these challenges with a new program that sees the resolution of issues at home all the way through.