Does Memphis need a new Regional One hospital? For some, the answer is a resounding yes.
The alert crackled across the intercom late on a recent Thursday afternoon at Regional One Health: Helicopter inbound, 15 minutes out, Level 1 trauma.
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The Early Word: Meet Memphis
Dr. Jessica Snowden has a big, fancy job title: vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. But years ago, she was just a smart kid from a rural Louisiana town who became the first in her family to go to college.
The AM/DM podcast: In med school, students can do no harm to first patient
One of the first classes medical students take is gross anatomy. They first learn about the human body during a lecture and then it’s onto the lab, where their first patient — a donor body — awaits them.
The ‘life-changing’ lessons medical students learn from dissecting cadavers
Ellen “Faye” Brooks loved life. She loved cooking, traveling, playing cards and gathering with her big family: her three children, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
The Early Word: Task Force effect on suburbs; CBU class on Grauer murders
Welcome to another work week, Memphis.
A stable for the Sheriff’s Office mounted-patrol unit. A bomb-squad robot. A new county medical examiner.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners votes Monday, Feb. 2, on Dr. Scott Collier’s appointment by County Mayor Lee Harris as Shelby County medical examiner.
Movers & Shakers
Saint Francis Healthcare recently announced the appointment of Ambrosia Scott as Market Therapy Director.
After new food pyramid, Memphis experts say change was overdue — but local challenges remain
The federal government’s newly released dietary guidelines have upended the familiar food pyramid, elevating meat, dairy and vegetables to the top while pushing grains and breads to the bottom, a symbolic reversal officials say reflects a renewed emphasis on “real food.”