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Memorial Offers Health Briefs For September

Friday, August 17, 2012

Throughout the month of September

Community Health:  Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening.  Free screening to detect bulge in artery wall.  For men and women 65 or older, no previous diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and no abdominal CT in the past five years. Memorial Hospital Glenwood, Memorial Hospital Hixson and Memorial Ooltewah.  Registration and appointment required.  Call 495-6000 for information and to schedule an appointment..

September 5

For Your Health, For Your Life Vascular Screening.  Ultrasound exam of carotid artery and abdominal aorta as well as a measurement of the circulation in the legs in an attempt to prevent arterial disease, stroke and aneurysm. Eligibility for screening: age 50+ with at least one of the following risk factors: a) family history of heart disease, vascular disease, or stroke; b) high cholesterol (or taking medication for high cholesterol); c) high blood pressure (or taking medication for high blood pressure); d) diabetes; and/or e) current or previous smoker. The screening will be held at the Memorial Ooltewah Imaging Center located at 6401 Mountain View Road, Ooltewah, TN  37363. Reservations are required.  For more information about screening dates, screening cost or to schedule an appointment, call (423) 495-CARE, Monday - Friday – 9:00 am. to 4:00 pm.

September 5

Weight Loss:  Bariatric Seminars.   Attend this FREE informative seminar to learn more about the Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y and gastric banding weight loss procedures.  This seminar is geared specifically towards individuals who are at least 100 pounds overweight.  6 pm – 7:30 pm, Memorial Hospital Community Rooms.  Call 495-2245 for reservations. 

September 6

Diabetes:  Basic Diabetes.  Provides an overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Memorial Ooltewah Imaging Center.  1:45 pm.  Registration required at 495-7970.

September 6

Cardiac:  Congestive Heart Failure Education.  Free education for patients with congestive heart failure.  Chattanooga Heart Institute, 2nd floor.  Call 495-7764 for more information.

September 7

Diabetes:  Diabetes Self-Management Program.  This program provides an overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Memorial Hospital.  8:45 am – 2:30 pm. Registration required at 495-7970. 

September 10

Diabetes:   Diabetes Self Management Program.  This program provides a detailed overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Memorial Hospital Hixson.  8:45 am – 3:00 pm. Registration required at 495-7970. 

September 10

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance. Location: Bradley County Health Department, 201 Dooley St. SE, Cleveland, TN 37311. Times: 9 am to 4 pm. To schedule an appointment call 423-728-7020, ext. 105 or 106. 

September 12

Diabetes:  Basic Diabetes.  This is a two-session program.  Provides an overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.. The second session meets on September 19. Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Memorial Hospital.  1:15 pm – 3:30 pm.  Registration required at 495-7970.

September 12

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance. Location: St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 1291 E. Madison Ave., Athens, TN . Times: 9 am to 4 pm. To schedule an appointment call 423-745-4277. 

September 12

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance. Location: Marion County Health Dept., 207 Gamble Lane, Jasper, TN 37347. Times: 8 am to 4 pm CST. To schedule an appointment call Memorial’s MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at 423-495-4040 or toll free 866-591-2254. 

September 13

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance. Location: Loneoak Free health Clinic, 1278 US 127, Signal Mountain, Tn  37377. Times: 9 am to 4 pm. To schedule an appointment call Memorial’s MaryEllen Locher Breast Center at 423-495-4040 or toll free 866-591-2254. 

September 13

Cardiac:  Congestive Heart Failure Education.  Free education for patients with congestive heart failure.  Chattanooga Heart Institute, 2nd floor.  Call 495-7764 for more information.

September 13

Diabetes:  Diabetes Self-Management Program.  This program provides a detailed overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  3:30 pm to 8 pm, Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Memorial Hospital.  To register call 495-7970.

September 20

Cardiac:  Congestive Heart Failure Education.  Free education for patients with congestive heart failure.  Chattanooga Heart Institute, 2nd floor.  Call 495-7764 for more information.

September 21

Diabetes:  Diabetes Self-Management Program.  This program provides a detailed overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Memorial Hospital.  8:45 am – 2:30 pm. Registration required at 495-7970. 

September 24

Diabetes:  Diabetes Self-Management Program.  This program provides a detailed overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  Memorial Hospital Hixson.  8:45 am – 3:00 pm. Registration required at 495-7970. 

September 24

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance. Location: Bradley County Health Department, 201 Dooley St. SE, Cleveland, TN 37311. Times: 9 am to 4 pm. To schedule an appointment call 423-728-7020, ext. 105 or 106.. 

September 27

Diabetes:  Diabetes Self-Management Program.  This program provides a detailed overview of diabetes and treatment/prevention of complications, diabetes meal planning and carbohydrate counting.  Memorial’s Diabetes and Nutrition Center can help you obtain a physician’s referral and provide cost information.  3:30 pm to 8 pm, Diabetes and Nutrition Center at Memorial Hospital.  To register call 495-7970.

September 27

Cardiac:  Congestive Heart Failure Education.  Free education for patients with congestive heart failure.  Chattanooga Heart Institute, 2nd floor.  Call 495-7764 for more information.

September 29

Mammography: Memorial Health Care System’s Mobile Health Coach to provide mammogram screenings.  Women age 40 and over who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months are eligible with or without insurance.  Location: Beersheba Springs Medical Clinic, Hwy 56, Beersheba Springs, TN 37305.  Times: 9 am to 4 pm CST. To schedule an appointment call 931-692-2229. 


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Children At Risk Of Hunger To Benefit From Sodexo’s Summer Meal Program

June 14, 2013

House, Senate Issue Joint Resolutions Honoring Orange Grove For 60 Years


On June 21, people across the globe, including  teams in the Chattanooga area, will take a stand in an event called, The Longest Day®, to show those facing Alzheimer’s disease ... (click for more)

Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future summer meal program returns to Chattanooga for 2013, once again helping to fill the nutrition gap that widens when the school year ends. The program, led by Sodexo, ... (click for more)

Members of Tennessee’s House of Representatives and Senate issued joint resolutions honoring Orange Grove Center for its 60 th anniversary as a provider of services to children and adults with ... (click for more)


Living Well

Longest Day For Alzheimer’s Is June 21

On June 21, people across the globe, including  teams in the Chattanooga area, will take a stand in an event called, The Longest Day®, to show those facing Alzheimer’s disease that they are not alone. Alzheimer’s disease is a growing epidemic and the nation’s sixth leading cause of death. More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, including 120,000 ... (click for more)

Children At Risk Of Hunger To Benefit From Sodexo’s Summer Meal Program

Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future summer meal program returns to Chattanooga for 2013, once again helping to fill the nutrition gap that widens when the school year ends. The program, led by Sodexo, is a collaborative volunteer effort with local business and non-profit partners including BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Eastlake Boys & Girls Club, Highland Park Boys & Girls ... (click for more)

Breaking News

Claude Ramsey To Retire As Deputy To The Governor

Governor Bill Haslam on Wednesday announced that Deputy to the Governor Claude Ramsey will retire at the end of August to spend more time with his wife, children and grandchildren in Chattanooga. He said the former Hamilton County assessor and then county mayor "has been integral to me on several key initiatives, including civil service reform, economic development efforts, workforce ... (click for more)

Westfield Gives Emotional Testimony About Fatal Shooting Of Friend Bernard Hughes

An emotional Timothy Westfield on Wednesday told a Criminal Court jury how he was shot and how his friend Bernard Hughes was murdered almost three years ago at the British Woods Apartments. The witness identified Harold Francis "Bam" Butler, III, 33, and John "Cut Throat" Simpson as the gunmen. Simpson pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder and is expected to be a ... (click for more)

Opinion

Replace Airport Authority Board Members - And Response

The public needs to intervene on the absolutely absurd Wilson Air Waste (WWW) at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.  What this all comes down to is our elected officials have appointed board members to oversee the budget and decision making at the airport, and they clearly do not respect public resources.   Contrary to the Airport Authority CEO’s statement ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: The Colonel: ‘Tell My Sons’

In the Broadway play, “The Civil War,” there is an emotional song called “Tell My Father,” the words that a dying Union soldier on a distant battlefield asked to be delivered when the other troops got back home. The reason Lt. Col. Mark Weber sang that very song with his oldest son Matt was because the highly-decorated officer was fighting Stage IV intestinal cancer at the ... (click for more)


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