Emily Bregel

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Chattanooga: Statin use in children worries some doctors

Sunday, July 20, 2008

New guidelines for the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs in children as young as 8 have unnerved some pediatricians.

Chattanooga: Fair takes good health to East Side streets

Saturday, July 19, 2008

A health fair on the streets of the East Side community today aims to reach community member whose needs often fall through the cracks, public health officials said.

Tennessee ranks high in obesity

Friday, July 18, 2008

The South still leads the nation in obesity rates, with Tennessee ranking in the top three for the heaviest population, according to the most recent government data.

Chattanooga: Teachers hear techniques to deal with special needs students

Friday, July 18, 2008

Born with a broken arm and half of her ribs broken, Ginger Green was not supposed to survive childhood.

Congress overrides presidential veto on Medicare bill

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

For now, doctors are safe from cuts to their reimbursements for treating Medicare patients.

Tennessee: State database to collect stroke data

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A newly created Tennessee stroke database will help improve treatment for one of the state’s leading killers, according to researchers and health advocates.

Chattanooga: Elderly care needs rise

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Dr. Lorna Birch listened with growing awe as the 85-year-old woman in her office ticked off the names of all the doctors treating her — eight total, from a gynecologist and gastroenterologist to an oncologist and general surgeon.

Chattanooga: Memorial to move imaging center

Friday, July 11, 2008

Encouraged by population growth in the Ooltewah area, Memorial Hospital plans to relocate its Gunbarrel Road imaging center to Mountain View Road.

Chattanooga: Orange Grove plans to build new homes for disabled

Friday, July 11, 2008

The Orange Grove Center is hoping to spend $3 million to construct six homes for people with developmental disabilities in three different Hamilton County neighborhoods.

Chattanooga: Firefighters relieved by explanation of burn unit closure

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Local firefighters said they are relieved that Erlanger hospital is not getting out of the burn treatment business, despite the closure of the hospital’s burn unit last week.