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Astronaut pioneer tells city’s newest doctors, ‘It will all be worth it’

WEBOne of America's first women in space delivered the keynote address to more than 150 graduates at the commencement ceremony of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine Friday at the Cook Convention Center South Hall.

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Emergency rooms are becoming the only dialysis option for the …

WEBIncreasingly in Memphis, and around the U.S., emergency rooms are becoming the source of specialized medical care for undocumented workers. Not only is it not the best option, medically, it's adding an expensive burden to hospitals forced to cover the cost because they can't legally turn away uninsured. Consider the financial impact of …

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After a quiet crisis, the UT College of Medicine’s physician group in

WEBJanuary 26, 2016 — University Clinical Health CEO Drew Botschner has helped turn the nonprofit organization around, reorganizing and rebranding the former UT Medical Group through which some 120 members …

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More former Tennessee legislators remain on state health plan …

WEBBy Richard Locker. NASHVILLE — More former and retired Tennessee legislators are covered by state health insurance than are current members of the General Assembly — including some who have moved on to other public offices, others who haven’t served in more than 30 years and some who were convicted of crimes, records show.

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AARP program sweetens deal for SNAP recipients who buy fresh …

WEBKroger customers in Raleigh found an unusual sight Wednesday morning, with an under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and executives from the AARP Foundation, UnitedHealthcare and Kroger under a canopy in the parking lot.

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Employers turning to on-site clinics, providing medical homes at …

WEBFebruary 18, 2016 — Tamberlyn Mosby, LPN, checks the weight of a patient at the Care4Us clinic in Collierville. Care4Us, a cooperative health clinic for several municipalities and the accompanying school districts is so successful in Collierville that the group is opening a second clinic on the north side of the county.

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Pulling the plug on insurance helps Germantown doctor focus on …

WEBDr. Heather Pearson Chauhan said she was seeing about 34 patients on most days and spending time checking the right boxes to meet insurance mandates when she decided she'd had enough.

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Judge rules city of Memphis can cut retiree health care

WEBA judge ruled Friday that the city of Memphis may cut subsidies for retiree health care starting Jan. 1, dealing a setback to unions and pensioners who wanted the court to temporarily stop the cuts from taking effect.

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Louis Britt, Memphis transplant pioneer, dies at 84

WEBHe was 84. The founder and president of the Mid-South Transplant Foundation Inc., Dr. Britt was also a driving force behind the University of Tennessee Health Science Center performing liver transplants beginning in 1982. Leroy Hobson, the first kidney recipient, lived several years after the procedure.

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Former TV judge Joe Brown on disability status, unable to practice …

WEBJoe Brown, the former TV court and criminal court judge who ran for Shelby County District Attorney General, is unable to practice law in Tennessee after the state Supreme Court placed him on disability inactive status. Disability inactive status designates that a lawyer is temporarily disabled and incapacitated from practicing law.

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Greater Memphis employers with 50 or more full-time workers …

WEBBrad Vest/The Commercial Appeal Welders, fitters and other skilled craftsmen at Memphis logistics company AIL pose for a portrait along with Timothy Walls (second from right), senior vice president of corporate operations, and Wesley Barnett (center), senior vice president of construction services, inside of the AIL fabrication shop.

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Despite detractors, ex-medical examiner defends Elvis conclusions

WEBSHARE. Elvis Presley died in August 1977 of â cardiac arrhythmia,â according to then-medical examiner Dr. Jerry Francisco, who disputes claims the singer died of a drug overdose. denies the former Shelby County medical examiner, sticks by his 1977 conclusion that it was a heart attack, not polypharmacy, that killed Elvis Presley. …

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Try this leaner alternative to chicken wings for Super Bowl Sunday

WEBIt wasn't the headline in our newspaper, but the National Chicken Council's Wing Report last week predicted that Americans will consume 1.3 billion chicken wings on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Memphis police Crisis Intervention Team works to defuse mental …

WEBMemphis police Crisis Intervention Team works to defuse mental health calls. February 26, 2016 - Officer Chris Ross (left) speaks with a person who may be involved in a complaint while on a recent call. Ross, a member of the department's Crisis Intervention Team, uses his training to de-escalate incidents involving the mentally ill.

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Influential Memphis filmmaker Rod Pitts dies

WEBMemphis filmmaker Rod Pitts, whose promising career was cut short by a series of health problems that began almost four years ago, died Friday morning at Kindred Central Hospital in Chicago. Pitts, 36, had been one of the city's most respected and active young do-it-yourself filmmakers.

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Michael Ugwueke rose from war-torn Nigeria to become …

WEBBy mid-2014, he had risen to his current position as president and chief operating officer. At 57, Ugwueke next Jan. 1 will assume the chief executive's post for the seven-hospital, 12,000-employee health care system, succeeding Methodist's CEO since 2001, Gary Shorb. At 65, Shorb announced last month that he will step down at the end of this

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Radio personality Zeke Logan dies after battling cancer

WEBZeke Logan. By Clay Bailey,Kyle Veazey. Zeke Logan, half of the popular Drake and Zeke morning radio team on 98.1 the Max, died Tuesday morning from cancer — less than a week after Drake Hall, Mr. Logan’s longtime on-air partner, announced the illness. The announcement was made on the station Tuesday afternoon by Mr. Logan’s …

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Morale problems are reducing Memphis police ranks, some …

WEBStarting pay for police officers is $45,170, and rises to $48,578 after two years, then rises to $53,573 for those with three or more years’ experience. Overtime can boost their income. A 2010 wage survey by The Centre Group concluded that Memphis police officers earned more than officers in similar cities. More recent numbers from the …

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Woman charged in 2001 G'town slaying faces similar charges in …

WEBBy Clay Bailey. Marilissa Morgan’s heart sank Thursday when she received news Sandra Baumgartner, who stabbed Morgan’s brother more than 100 times in 2001 in Germantown, was accused of a similar death in Illinois, this time killing her own sister. “It’s just very, very tragic,” said Morgan, whose brother Daniel Morgan, was killed

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