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June 12, 2009
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is using the new Novalis TX radiosurgery to target cancer tumors faster and more precisely, with less damage to normal tissues. It's a first for cancer patients in Middle Tennessee.
The technology... June 11, 2009
The swine flu has spread far enough and fast enough to reach pandemic levels, and the World Health Organization raised the alert level to phase 6 today. The Tennessee State Health Commissioner Susan Cooper says this reflects the spread, not the... June 10, 2009
At a time when millions of people are unemployed and need help paying their medical bills, health care fraud is a major problem in Middle Tennessee. Two Nashville women admit they stole more than $1 million from Medicare and TennCare. The... June 6, 2009
Hickman Community Hospital is creating a Rural Heart Failure project with a $372,594 grant from the federal government. The program will create a uniform approach to treating heart failure in rural areas, including Benton, Coffee, Franklin,... June 4, 2009
The federal government says Tennessee has a problem with depression. We apparently have the highest number of people who are depressed. According to the News Sentinel, nearly 9% of people in Tennessee say... June 3, 2009
The first medicine ever developed specifically to treat cancer in dogs has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Until now, veterinarians relied on human cancer drugs without knowing if they were safe or effective for... June 2, 2009
Nashville has a disturbing infant mortality rate. 93 babies died before their first birthday in 2006, and that was the second highest number in the nation that year. To fight this problem the Metro Health Department is... June 2, 2009
If you are grinding your teeth at night you may be anxious about the economy. Dentists across the country are seeing a spike in this unusual sign of economic distress. More people are grinding their teeth and clenching their... June 1, 2009
If you stopped paying attention to swine flu, the latest numbers may be startling.
There are 10, 053 cases of swine flu in the U.S.
Across the nation, 17 people have died.
Tennessee cases stand at 102
The hardest hit state... May 28, 2009
Does it really take gum seven years to be digested? Do fingernails and hair still grow after death?
We've got quite a body of health mythology we've learned over the years. And it is just that. Myth. And despite many efforts to debunk them, they... May 26, 2009
A Sumner County father is campaigning for a law to make rapid MRSA testing mandatory. Scott Hunter lost his 11 year old daughter, Kristen Kay, to a drug resistant staph infection in March. According to the News Examiner, Kristen was... May 26, 2009
You see it constantly anymore. On the street, at home, in a restaurant. Anywhere, really.
People walking along, eating, even having a conversation with their head down, focused on that device int heir hands, thumbs working furiously.
Texting, constant... May 25, 2009
The Metro Health Department has decided not to spray for mosquitoes unless a there's a high risk of a West Nile epidemic. News 2 reports staffers are looking for standing water with mosquito larvae. They're using granular... May 24, 2009
Swine flu continues to spread across the country, with 6,552 cases at last count on Friday, according to the CDC. Tennessee has 95 cases. And there was a new death over the weekend. The New York Times reports a woman in her... May 24, 2009
A class action lawsuit against the makers of Hydroxycut has been filed in Tennesee. It's believed to be the first U.S. lawsuit since the weight-loss supplement was recalled on May 1st. According to consumeraffairs.com, the Food and Drug... May 21, 2009
The best thing about being over 50 is you may be less likely to get swine flu. Researchers say older people have partial immunity to the H1N1 virus because they were probably exposed to a similar strain in the 1950's. Healthday reports this... |
