Health Care Archive

• Extremely obese motorists less likely to buckle-up3December 7, 2007

  Extremely obese motorists less likely to buckle-up

  One possible solution from Meharry Medical’s website would make a great stocking stuffer for obese friends and family this Christmas: a...

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• 5 year old cancer survivor2November 2, 2007

  5 year old cancer survivor

  McKayla Gagovski has been fighting a rare brain tumor which her doctors first found when she was two years old. ...

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• BREAKING: 8,000 doses of flu vaccine go bad0October 29, 2007

  BREAKING: 8,000 doses of flu vaccine go bad

  The Metro Health Department closed its Fast Track Flu Shot Clinic this morning at the Lentz Health Center after they...

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• Dickson County schools latest to battle MRSA0October 22, 2007

  Dickson County schools latest to battle MRSA

  Dickson county schools sent a letter to parents Friday confirming the presence of staph and at least one case of...

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• Thank you for not smoking2October 17, 2007

  Thank you for not smoking

  The Metro Parks Board will vote later today on a proposed smoking ban in public parks. (UPDATE below) Metro Police Captain...

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• Tennessee smoking ban in effect today2October 1, 2007

  Tennessee smoking ban in effect today

  If you are caught smoking in the wrong place in Tennessee today, it could cost you $50. A new law...

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• Expanding health care for children splits Tennessee Representatives1September 26, 2007

  Expanding health care for children splits Tennessee Representatives

  A proposal to expand a federal program to provide health insurance for children passed the U.S. House of Representatives 265...

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