Camp Day2Day teaches kids how to manage diabetes through play
Were it not for matching American Diabetes Association T-shirts, it would be hard to distinguish between kids playing just to play and those learning how to manage their diabetes.
Topic: Baptist Memorial Health Care
RSSThere are 61 article(s) tagged Baptist Memorial Health Care:
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June 2019
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April 2019
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New health clinic provides free services to Memphis’ homeless
The Baptist Operation Outreach clinic operates inside the Catholic Charities of West Tennessee facility at 1325 Jefferson Avenue. Services include immunizations, behavioral health services and treatment for diseases and minor injuries. The clinic is also stocked with basic medications.
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Workplace wellness shifts from weight loss to mindfulness
Workplace wellness used to mean "biggest loser" competitions and smoking cessation, but is evolving as mental health issues have become more apparent.
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March 2019
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Judge overturns decision denying Baptist’s standalone Arlington ER
As community hospitals have closed in Haywood and Fayette counties, Baptist Memorial Health Care has been trying for years to get a certificate of need to build a freestanding emergency department in nearby Arlington.
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February 2019
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Research advances infant heart surgery, mandatory screenings are saving lives
Infant deaths from critical heart diseases have declined 33 percent in eight states where the American Heart Association was successful in passing laws to require mandatory testing for heart defects before newborns leave the hospital.
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December 2018
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Fear, lack of insurance could be keeping Memphis-area women from mammograms
Breast cancer consortium to probe why more women in the Memphis metro are not getting annual mammograms, and reasons behind the wide mortality gap between white and black women.
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Gieselmanns turn grief into good
Frazer and Dana Gieselmann have had their share of grief and loss the past few years, but they haven’t let their circumstances stop them, instead turning their hardships into doing something good for the community. -
Baptist partners with NY university to counter local doctor shortage
Tennessee needs an additional 140 primary care physicians to lose its designation as a Health Professional Shortage Area by the federal government. -
St. Jude latest hospital to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has joined the national movement to pay employees a living wage. -
Cancer Moonshot: Baptist shares in $9M national cancer research initiative
Sitting at the dining room table at his home in Bartlett, Dan Merrill, 67, holds his smartphone away from his reading glasses.
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October 2018
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Couple turns infant loss grief into a gift for others
Emily Long was 38 weeks pregnant when she noticed her usually active baby wasn't moving. Long and her husband, Joel, called their doctor who advised them to come to the hospital immediately.
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