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March 08, 2008
VA Med Center Looking For Nurses
The Department of Veteran's Affairs, James H. Quillen Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, is recruiting ICU and Med/Surg RNs.
March 06, 2008
Wellmont Imaging Center Brings Service Closer To Population
The $4.5 million Volunteer Parkway Imaging Center officially opens Monday, and the goal is to provide quicker and more convenient service to patients closer to downtown.
February 19, 2008
Whitetop, Va., clinic is among the first small facilities now linked to UVa
Clinic patients in the small community of Whitetop, Va., will soon gain access to state-of-the-art medical care without leaving home.
February 14, 2008
Wise County supervisors hear more from power plant opposition
Several residents asked the Board of Supervisors Thursday night if expected pollution a proposed $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant would release into the air and streams is worth the 1,200 jobs and extra money Dominion Virginia Power claims it will bring to Wise County.
February 13, 2008
Virginia pollution permit bill given OK
A Lebanon state senator who sponsored an unsuccessful move to remove pollution-permitting power from two citizen boards said Wednesday that a compromise measure safeguards public input while standardizing the approval process.
Blood shortage reported due to colds, flu keeping donors away
Marsh Regional Blood Center officials report that A-positive, A-negative, O-positive and O-negative blood types are at critical levels.
February 11, 2008
Carbon Monoxide poisoning at Johnson City Golden Corral
February 09, 2008
Residents around Wise County, Va., are being bombarded with ads about proposed power plant
It?s getting harder for Southwest Virginia residents to get through a day without being bombarded by messages from both sides of the controversial $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant proposed for Wise County.
February 07, 2008
Wife of coal executive gives kudos to Wise County, Va., supervisors for their power plant support
The wife of a coal company executive commended the Wise County Board of Supervisors on Thursday night for supporting a proposed $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant and for enduring "loud-mouthed" opponents who constantly level allegations against the board.
January 31, 2008
Smoking to be restricted in the stands at Bristol Motor Speedway
Once inside the racing cathedral that is Bristol Motor Speedway, fans are subjected to the deafening roar of engines, screaming fighter jets flying overhead and cheers that make decibel levels dance.
January 30, 2008
Potential neighbors warming up to idea of urgent-care facility
A thin line of trees and about 500 feet of grass separate Sharon Bailey?s bedroom window from the site of a proposed urgent-care facility Wellmont Health System plans to build in this south Sullivan County community.
January 29, 2008
Wellmont plans to build a medical facility in Piney Flats, Tenn.
Plans for the facility, approved by Wellmont?s board of directors on Tuesday, call for it to include an urgent care center, space for three doctor?s offices and a helipad. Company officials said it could be up and running in as little as a year.
January 24, 2008
Alpha Natural Resources CEO has been appointed to Virginia Commission on Climate Change
Michael J. Quillen, CEO of Alpha Natural Resources, says while his company will continue to be a coal company for many years, it is also interested in the development of other energy sources.
January 18, 2008
Environmental groups want more time for public comment on proposed Wise County, Va., power plant
A coalition opposed to a $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant proposed for St. Paul, Va., wants the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to give residents more time to voice their opinions on air emission issues related to the facilty Dominion Virginia Power plans to build.
January 17, 2008
Winter weather also takes a toll on the blood supply
The wintry weather that passed through the region Thursday delivered another blow to local blood banks already struggling with depleted levels of blood.
January 15, 2008
State seeks to lift ban on checking TennCare status for thousands
The Department of Veteran's Affairs, James H. Quillen Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, is recruiting ICU and Med/Surg RNs.
January 14, 2008
Rat heart with cells stripped away and replaced was restarted
Researchers seeking new treatments for heartdisease say they've grown a rat heart in a lab and started it beating.
January 12, 2008
A drill in Sullivan County, Tenn., helps health officials speed its emergency vaccine delivery
Thomas Shell can?t afford to miss a week of work because of the flu.
January 11, 2008
Wise County, Va., supervisors hold ‘emergency’ meeting to approve power plant support
Residents who attended the meeting ? even those who received unprecedented individual notice from county officials a few hours before the 7 p.m. session ? didn?t call the situation an emergency. They had other words for the hastily held meeting and the board?s unanimous action to approve a resolution in support of Dominion Virginia Power?s proposed plant near St. Paul.
January 10, 2008
Wise County, Va., supervisors stumble in their power plant support
A proposed resolution reaffirming the board?s support for Dominion Virginia Power?s project failed when not a single board member made a move to approve the document the board had seemed poised to adopt just last week in its work session.
January 08, 2008
Healthy habits can mean 14 extra years of life
A large British study suggests there are four steps to add almost an extra decade and a-half to you life.
January 05, 2008
Teen pregnancies are increasing among younger girls
Birth rates in the same areas actually decreased among older teenagers, with substantial drops in the number of births for 18- and 19-year-old mothers.
January 03, 2008
Experimental, Viagra-like drug for women tested at UVa.
A drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia.
January 02, 2008
Study: Whites more likely to get narcotics from ER doctors
A new study finds that emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites.
December 31, 2007
Officials work to track down 44 passengers who flew with TB
Health officials are trying to track down American Airlines passengers in 17 states for testing after a California woman flew while sick with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis.
December 20, 2007
“Diabetes Self Management” to be offered at HRC
The Health Resources Center, Johnson City Medical Center?s outreach facility in The Mall at Johnson City, will offer ?Diabetes Self Management? in the Annex Classroom on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (marathon class); and Jan. 10, 24 and 31 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. (three-part series). Speakers will be Jennifer Persinger, RD, CDE, and Teri Hurt, RN, Johnson City Medical Center.
HRC to offer “Start the New Year the Healthy ‘Weigh!‘“
The Health Resources Center, Johnson City Medical Center?s outreach facility in The Mall at Johnson City, will offer free orientations for the ?Start the New Year ? The Healthy Weigh!? program in the Annex Classroom on Thursday, Jan. 3 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5 from 1 to 2 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 8 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m.
HRC to offer multiple myeloma support group
The Health Resources Center, Johnson City Medical Center?s outreach facility in The Mall at Johnson City, will offer a free Multiple Myeloma Support Group on Saturday, Jan. 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with facilitator Darlene Jessee.
December 14, 2007
Woodridge clients enjoy greenhouse effect tending to healing garden
Mountain States Health Alliance Patient-Centered Care Coordinator Van Cooper has helped organize required PCC seminars for team members as well as helped to create healing gardens at many MSHA facilities. All are designed to bring a special feeling to the care given ? and received ? through the work of MSHA.
December 13, 2007
CareSpark to receive Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence 2007 Commitment Award
CareSpark of Kingsport, Tenn., has been named a 2007 Commitment Award winner in the annual Excellence in Tennessee recognition program administered by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE).
