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Serious Spider Bites Need Serious Wound Treatment

Insect bites are a fre­quent nuisance in the South. Most bites cause itching and present as a small, swollen red area on the skin that clears up in a few days with little or no treatment. However, bites that progress to infected, gangrenous skin lesions may instead be spider bites, which can turn to gangrene […]

Kids Need Enough Sleep to Succeed at School

Age Matters for Adequate Sleep Although many kids stay up late on long sum­mer days, once school starts they should return to their normal sleep routines, ex­perts say. Adequate sleep is essential to a child’s academic success and overall well-being. Researchers say that 3- to 5-year-olds need at least 11 to 13 hours of shut-eye […]

Methodist welcomes new class of LMU/DCOM medical students

Partnership and Friendship Covenant Health and LMU–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Collaborate to Prepare Tomorrow’s Physicians Last month, Covenant Health and Lin­coln Memorial University welcomed 33 medical students to their clinical rotations at Covenant Health hospitals with an orientation day and “white coat ceremony” in downtown Knoxville. The event celebrated the third class to participate […]

Welcome Basem Goueli, MD, PhD

We’re proud to welcome Board-Certified Medical Oncologist Basem Goueli, MD, PhD to Thompson Oncology Group. Dr. Goueli will serve as the director of hematology and medical oncology for Thompson  Cancer Network and will care for patients at our Thompson Cancer Survival Center – Downtown and Thompson Cancer Survival Center – West locations.  Basem Goueli, MD, […]

Don’t Let Hip or Knee Pain Keep You from the Things You Love

Millions of us struggle with pain and loss of mo­tion because of joint damage caused by arthritis. If other treatments don’t help, you may wonder about turning in your worn-out joints for new ones. Surgery may not be your first choice. But if you are a candidate for total joint re­placement, know that more than […]

Coping with emotional distress of cancer is topic of new support program

When fighting cancer, you are never alone. Method­ist Medical Center’s Cancer Resource Center and Cancer Support Community, have partnered to bring a se­ries of classes to support can­cer patients and caregivers.  It’s called Take on Cancer Together and the next program is right around the corner. Next program is August 9 The August 9 program […]

Baby’s Best Fest – Get the Full Scoop!

Like ice cream and a summer day, some things are just made for each other. That’s how we feel about breastfeeding, too. Breast milk is made especially for your baby, and we want to encourage all new mothers to consider breastfeeding for your baby’s best health and development. Ice, ice baby! To celebrate World Breastfeeding […]

Extraordinary nursing care – Methodist honors first DAISY recipient

When Kari Dirmeyer, RN was just a teenager she knew she was destined to become a nurse.  “I took care of my dad when he had brain cancer and from then on I have wanted to be a nurse.”  And, now she is – and she’s a nurse that embodies all the traits that make […]