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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

By Amanda Parks   Did you know that shingles doesn’t develop as a new infection, but rather the virus that causes shingles has the potential

Total Ankle Replacement

Who Needs a Total Ankle Replacement? If you are experiencing painful arthritis in the ankle, and nonsurgical treatments have not relieved your discomfort or limited

Total Knee Replacement

Who Needs a Total Knee Replacement? If arthritis or injury has damaged your knee, and nonsurgical treatments haven’t been enough to relieve your pain and

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Outpatient Hip Replacement

Who Might Need a Hip Replacement? For those suffering from osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease in the hip, and who have tried nonsurgical treatments to

Herniated Discs

What is a Herniated Disc? If the soft gel-like center of a spinal disc pushes out through the tougher outer ring of the disc, it

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Catching Colorectal Cancer Early

While the thought of a colonoscopy can seem unpleasant, delayed screening can put you at greater risk for developing colorectal cancer. Lacking obvious symptoms in

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