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Dr. Mark G Freeman at Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute in chattanooga

Meet Our Doctors – Dr. Mark G. Freeman

Erlanger Orthopaedic Institute Relieving Pain & Improving Quality of Life Between his roles as an attending surgeon, resident surgeon educator, medical director for a large

DR. TEABRA SWAFFORD AT ERLANGER HOSPITALISTS – MDP MANAGEMENT in chattanooga

Meet Our Doctors – Dr. Teabra Swafford

Erlanger Hospitalists – MDP Management Working Toward Recovery Dr. Teabra Swafford realizes that hospitalization is often an uncomfortable situation. That’s why she completes her rounds

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Figuring Out Food Allergies

By Mary Beth Wallace   In a world full of packaged foods and communal meals, living with a food allergy is no picnic. And unfortunately,

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Dealing with a Diagnosis

How to Face Difficult Diagnoses The majority of us will experience a devastating diagnosis – whether a chronic disease, cancer, or mental illness – at

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Ask the Doctor: Spring 2019

Q. I only have about five minutes I can set aside for meditation each morning, but I’d like to start my day off right. Can

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Coping With Crohn’s

Living with Crohn’s Disease The pain is something we have all experienced at one point or another. Perhaps you overindulged in a dairy product that

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Encountering Epilepsy

All About Epilepsy On the most basic level, epilepsy is a seizure disorder. Mark Harvey, director of programming for the Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Tennessee,

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Breathe Easy

Affects of Asthma on Infants and Children Asthma is most likely to show up in kids by age 5, but young children can’t always verbalize

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Say No to Shingles

Did you know that shingles doesn’t develop as a new infection, but rather the virus that causes shingles has the potential to reactivate? If you’ve

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