It’s common to experience occasional aches and pains and worry about their implications. In today’s digital age, many people turn to the internet to understand their symptoms, often leading to increased anxiety. This tendency is often called “cyberchondria.” For most, these fears are temporary and subside as the symptoms resolve. However, if the anxiety persists… Read More
Prior to joining Erlanger, Campbell was director of clinical improvement and analytics at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, and director of clinical policy and analytics at Shriner’s Hospitals for Children. Campbell is also an associate professor at the University of Tennessee’s College of Medicine in Chattanooga and an adjunct professor… Read More
Dr. Peter Buckley took over as the 11th chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in February and recently made his first trip to Chattanooga to meet with area partners.
By 2019, Rep. London Lamar had seen a cousin die as a result of complications during childbirth. She had advocated for better support for women during pregnancy. And she had suffered her own devastating late-term pregnancy loss. Lamar, a Memphis Democrat who is Black, cited those experiences in introducing a resolution recognizing the role of… Read More
Dr. Valerie Arnold, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said she’s excited the guidelines encourage providers to address an important problem that too often goes unidentified.
Who gets more sleep, folks who live in Alton Park or the North Shore? Who’s the worst when it comes to seeing a dentist, and what are the consequences? And what Chattanooga neighborhood is the home of the city’s worst binge drinkers? A new interactive map from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More
While deaths from all forms of cancer dropped nationally by 20 percent over the past 35 years, a new study shows that death rates actually increased in some U.S. counties, including in rural areas of Tennessee, Kentucky and other parts of the South. he death rate varied depending on the type of cancer, but was… Read More
The federal Food and Drug Administration is dropping some of its regulation of hearing aids in hopes that cheaper alternatives will soon be available. But the proposal is drawing opposition from audiologists, who say inexpensive devices won’t help people with serious hearing loss. Hearing aids are medical devices, so the FDA regulates how they are… Read More
