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Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
TennCare providers say cuts would be "nightmare"
Planned cuts in payments to Tennessee physicians participating in TennCare could create a "nightmare" in terms of access for patients, providers in Chattanooga warn.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
H1N1 vaccine now available to all in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga, H1N1 vaccine is now available through the public health department to anyone age 65 and younger, local health officials said Friday.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
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Dalton gets transplant option
DALTON, Ga. -- Transplant experts at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta are hoping to give a chance of life to more North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee residents with organ failure.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 20, 2009
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Local doctors have questions, concerns about health care bill
The introduction of the U.S. Senate's health reform bill Wednesday left local doctors and health care professionals with mixed reactions and many questions.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 19, 2009
US survey shows southern counties most obese
ATLANTA (AP) — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 19, 2009
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TennCare enrollees could see benefit cuts
NASHVILLE — Thousands of nonpregnant adult TennCare enrollees could face a $10,000 annual cap on hospital stays if 9 percent cuts in the program take place, officials said Wednesday.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 18, 2009
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Split opinions on breast cancer revisions
New guidelines advising against routine mammograms for younger women and dismissing monthly breast self-examinations have shaken up — and even infuriated — some local breast cancer survivors and cancer experts.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 16, 2009
Flu bug bites travel overseas
Jenetta Drevenchuk can't remember anything from her parents' native Ukraine, not even the grandmother and aunts she visited when she was 3.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
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Vaccine plentiful in Chattanooga, spotty in region
Thanks to a regular stream of shipments, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department now has “several thousand” doses of H1N1 vaccine in both nasal spray and shot form, local health officials said.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
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Hand sanitizers on the rise
As the flu season rumbles on and local health departments stock up with H1N1 and regular flu vaccines, drug stores and other retailers are stocking up with their own defense -- antibacterial sanitizers.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
Walgreens offers free diabetes screenings
Local Walgreens stores are offering free diabetes clinics over the next week in recognition of American Diabetes Month.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 9, 2009
Area roll call shows little support for bill
Despite majority support nationwide, most U.S. House members in the Chattanooga region opposed the landmark health care reform bill that passed 220-215 late Saturday.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 9, 2009
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Erlanger North is not "forgotten hospital," officials say
Through almost 13 years of working at Erlanger North, emergency department nurse manager Eileen Shrum has seen the hospital's life cycle peak and plummet.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
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Colleges brace for flu wave
Colleges in Tennessee and North Georgia are bracing for a second wave of "influenzalike illnesses" just as campuses are recovering from a fall surge in the flu.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
Counties receive H1N1 vaccine
Northwest Georgia county health departments have received vaccine and begun offering H1N1 flu shots, according to a news release this morning.
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