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Alzheimer’s Tennessee’s Caring and Coping Caregiver Workshop is a hopeful experience for family and professional caregivers for those facing Alzheimer’s disease. Caregivers for those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias often feel overwhelmed and alone. Alzheimer’s Tennessee’s upcoming Caring and Coping Workshop offers support and strategies for family and professional caregivers. “It tells caregivers what to expect, what will be ...

October is SIDS Awareness Month. Research has shown that most deaths that used to be classified as SIDS are actually due to unsafe sleep conditions. Placing babies to sleep alone, on their back and in a crib can reduce the risk of sleep-related deaths. LeConte Medical Center provides education to all new parents about safe sleep. Twenty percent of all ...

In September, the Tennessee Department of Health released some disturbing statistics about opioid overdoses in our state. 1,263 Tennesseans died from opioid overdoses in 2014 alone, meaning nearly 100 more deaths were caused by opioid overdoses across the state last year than in 2013. I am deeply concerned by this epidemic and believe we need to take action in light ...

LeConte Medical Center hosted a “Meet and Greet” introducing new physicians to area physicians and other medical providers in the community. In conjunction with Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Covenant Health, LeConte Medical Center provides a comprehensive array of healthcare services and quality healthcare providers in the community. Guests were welcomed by Jenny Hanson, president/chief administrative officer of LeConte ...

The National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program has recognized LeConte Medical Center for its commitment to leadership for best practices and education on infant safe sleep. The program was created by Cribs for Kids®, a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to preventing infant, sleep-related deaths due to accidental suffocation. “Sleep-related death results in the loss of over 3500 infants every year in ...

Grocery retailers are pulling bread off the shelves in eleven states after a bread recall was issued for several brands of bread made by Bimbo Bakeries because they may contain broken glass. Pennsylvania based Bimbo Bakeries USA has issued a voluntary bread recall of certain products manufactured under the Sara Lee®, Kroger®, Bimbo®, Nature’s Harvest®, Great Value and L’Oven Fresh® ...

The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness, through its Healthier Tennessee initiative, today announced the launch of Small Starts @ Worship, an online wellness toolkit for faith communities. It is available at no cost to congregations across the state at www.healthierTN.com. Small Starts @ Worship provides faith leaders with tips, ideas and actions to help members get healthier together. It ...

A new non-surgical weight loss procedure offers hope for mild to moderately obese people unsuccessful at losing weight through diet and exercise alone, who either may not want, cannot afford or do not qualify for bariatric surgery. The ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 28, 2015, uses two attached balloons filled ...

The Tennessee Department of Health is issuing a public health advisory urging residents to increase their awareness about Hepatitis C, a life-threatening disease spread by direct contact with blood from an infected person. The rate of acute Hepatitis C cases in Tennessee has more than tripled in the last seven years, and the steadily increasing number of cases may only ...

Celebrate National Farmers Market Week on Saturday, August 8, 2015, as the Gatlinburg Farmers Market will present its next in a series of special events, Cooking Demonstrations and Tomato Tasting Contest. Market customers can learn easy and scrumptious ways of preparing local foods and vote on their favorite tomato variety all while listening to music performed by Barry Bianchi and ...