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Ask a Doc: Could fibroids be causing heavy periods and pelvic pain?
Could fibroids be the reason for my heavy periods and pelvic pain?
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Tennessee schools still miss farm-to-school grant eliminated in 2025 as USDA rolls out new programs
School Nutrition Director Vickie Dunaway has spent years transitioning the Milan Special School District in West Tennessee toward scratch-made cooking.
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‘Second chance at life’: How stem cell donation saved a Chattanooga cancer patient
Chattanooga and Rochester, New York, are separated by 860 miles, but in May 2024, the two cities became intertwined after a stem cell donation from a New York firefighter saved the life of a Sale Creek resident.
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Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to investigation, document demands by Tennessee AG
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi petitioned a Nashville court to set aside a sweeping legal demand by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti to turn over the organization's donor details, healthcare provider information and the medical records of adult and minor patients.
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Federal court upholds block on Tennessee law making it a crime to aid minors seeking out-of-state abortions
A Tennessee law preventing adults from giving information to minors about legal out-of-state abortions will remain blocked, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled.
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Bradley Medical Center to again be fully in-network with UnitedHealthcare
Bradley Medical Center, the largest hospital in Cleveland, Tennessee, announced Tuesday it would be fully restored to in-network status on UnitedHealthcare plans on Nov. 1.
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Chattanooga site named for new Moccasin Bend mental hospital
Almost 50 acres purchased south of Lookout Valley community
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COVID vaccines for uninsured Tennessee kids in limbo amid federal delays
The federal government has yet to release information on when — or whether — it will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to low-income children through a free immunization program, raising alarms among some Tennessee health providers ahead of this Fall's respiratory illness season.
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Ask a Doc: Why do some ankle sprains seem to never fully heal?
I sprained my ankle a few weeks ago, and although it's much better, it still doesn't feel quite right. Why do some ankle sprains seem to never fully heal?
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One thing that hasn’t changed in 250 years: Americans’ willingness to get suckered
America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers.
