June marks Men’s Health Awareness Month. The medical staff at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis recently took time to celebrate its 1,000th Cyberknife procedure, which is used extensively in the treatment of prostate cancer. Men are often the ones who tend to ignore early warning signs and symptoms that something isn’t quite right when it comes to [...]

Here are some of the things I worked on last week: Senate committee approves fourth year of record funding for our 17 national laboratories, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory On Thursday, May 24, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that will fund our 17 national laboratories, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), modernize our […]

President Trump is preparing to push a “gag rule” – his most dangerous attack on women’s basic rights, ever. It’s a cruel policy designed to keep people from having access to the best health care available, and it will mean people won’t get the information, birth control, cancer screenings, STD testing and treatment, and other […]

A Bartlett woman documenting her Lyme disease struggles online was appalled last month to learn that YouTube had deleted her two-year-old channel and all of her 600+ videos without warning. Now she can’t contact her subscribers or get copies of the videos that she didn’t back up. LINKS TO SOME OF HER VIDEOS The Video […]

A colorful campaign to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS) has revealed the names of 15 community leaders throughout Greater Memphis who have committed to raise awareness and funds to support the organization’s fight to end all cancers. “Colors of Cancer” – which runs through May 31 – provides the candidates a unique platform to […]

Regional Pain Center in Bartlett uses two focuses to help patients heal: Teamwork and treatment of root causes. “It’s all about cause and effect,” said owner Dr. Michael Holliman, a chiropractor. “If all you do is treat the symptom and you don’t go toward the cause of the problem, the likelihood of getting a resolution […]

Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett honored its physicians on March 30, which is recognized as National Doctors’ Day. In addition to a luncheon featuring a Superheroes theme, the event also marked an opportunity to present the Physician of the Year award and Physician Leadership award. Katherine Allan, M.D., was named the Physician of the Year. Allan, an […]

Statistics show that smoking employees cost employers $6,000 more than non-smoking employees. This is for health reasons as well as issues of “presentism,” when an employee is present but not truly working (such as if they’re off having a smoke break). In an attempt to even out this hefty cost, some states allow insurance companies […]

Through a grant received from the Speer Charitable Trust and support from the Red Cross and Baptist Hospital, St. Benedict at Auburndale High School has begun training the entire school (faculty, staff and student body) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). St. Benedict is reported to be the only school in the state training each person associated […]

Memphis now ranks fourth among the fattest cities in the U.S., according to the WalletHub website. With March being National Nutrition Month and Americans collectively spending up to $315.8 billion annually on obesity-related medical treatment, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2018’s Fattest Cities in America. In order to call attention to […]

Volunteers from Bartlett are meeting monthly as the Wellness Council and working toward goals that support the name of their initiative: Healthier Bartlett. They are supporting the project being conducted by the 2018 Leadership Bartlett class, getting the city designated as a Healthier Tennessee community. Healthier Tennessee communities work to increase physical activity and healthy [...]

Arlington High School, in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Martin, has announced the expansion of its Health Science Career Cluster to now include pre-nursing. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, students will have the opportunity to enroll in the “Special Topics: Pre-Nursing” class as a dual enrollment course worth three college-level credits. “We […]