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- 33,000 calls received at state quit smoking line
- Tennessee health officials say more than 33,000 calls have been received at a toll-free line created more than three years ago to help Tennesseans quit smoking.
The Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine, established in August 2006, is 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
The... Full story

- Chattanooga Residents React to Healthcare Reform Bill
- Amanda Shropshire
- House Democrats cheered as the health care reform bill squeezes through by five votes. The next step for the bill is to pass through the Senate. At a news conference Sunday morning, President Barack Obama assures Americans legislators will make the... Full story
- North Georgia Health Deptartments Changes Hours
- The North Georgia Health Department hours of operation will change starting Monday, November 16, 2009.
Public Health Department clinics in Murray, Whitfield, Fannin, Gilmer, Cherokee and Pickens counties will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday... Full story

- T.C. Thompson Announces Partnership with Kohl’s
- Kohl's Care for Kids showed their support for T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital at Erlanger on October 29, 2009 with the presentation of a $43,664 donation.
The presentation, held at the Kohl's Department Store on Gunbarrel Road, signified a... Full story

- Erlanger Health System Announces Opening of Academic Internal Medicine
- Erlanger Health System is pleased to announce the opening of Academic Internal Medicine, located in the Erlanger Medical Mall, Suite B-601. Internsists joining Academic Internal Medicine are Drs. Melanie Blake, Monica “Monique” Gefter,... Full story
Focus on Fitness
- Fine-tune workout to rule slopes
- Milo Bryant - The Gazette
- Folks, ski season is coming. And more than a few of you have asked questions about getting in skiing shape.
Even when we're in great shape there are things we can do to help improve our ability to ski better and, if you ski as badly as I do,... Full story

- U.S. needs czar to coordinate health efforts
- America needs a trainer.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- America needs a trainer.
The country needs somebody qualified to help whip our butts into shape. That somebody would have the power to command, influence and draw resources from various aspects of the government to help us get in better shape.... Full story
- Gradual shift in habits helps avoid fitness-program rebellion
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
- By Milo Bryant, The Gazette
- Impatience can kill even the best fitness programs.
Folks are aware that too many kids in the United States are overweight or obese. We even know how to reverse the situation and how to prevent it. We know that more physical activity helps. We know... Full story
Health News (AP)
- Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer....
- Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps WASHINGTON (AP) -- First mammograms. Now - in an apparent coincidence - Pap smears....
- Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in NC ATLANTA (AP) -- Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S....
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