40th Birthday is a Mammogram Milestone
Posted on August 17, 2020Your 40th birthday is an important milestone in your health journey. If you have no personal or family history of breast cancer, it’s the age the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommend you begin having annual screening mammograms. (The NCI advises women to have a mammogram every one to two […]
Read moreWelcome Adam Battles, MD
Posted on August 13, 2020We’re proud to welcome family medicine physician Dr. Adam Battles to our primary care team! Learn more about Dr. Battles.
Read moreWelcome Gonzalo de Villa, MD
Posted on August 6, 2020We’re proud to welcome family medicine physician Gonazlo de Villa, MD to our primary care team! Learn more about our new physician.
Read moreGetting Your Life Back After a Stroke
Posted on July 27, 2020Stroke can strike at any age. But what is stroke? Stroke, also called brain attack, occurs when blood flow to the brain is disrupted. Disruption in blood flow is caused when either a blood clot blocks one of the vital blood vessels in the brain (ischemic stroke), or when a blood vessel in the brain […]
Read moreSleep Success for the Older Adult
Posted on July 23, 2020Sleep is an essential part of life. Without it, your body—and mind—don’t work up to par. That may be especially true as you age. A study suggests that older adults who sleep better generally think better. An Aging Brain? You probably know firsthand how a lack of sleep can muddle your mind. An international study […]
Read moreHelping Patients with Parkinson’s
Posted on July 22, 2020The “shaking palsy” that physician James Parkinson identified more than 200 years ago is not always easy to diagnose. That’s because symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may appear slowly, in no particular order, and may vary from patient to patient. Early symptoms may be subtle and may progress over many years before reaching a point where […]
Read moreWelcome Marc A. Campbell, DO
Posted on June 2, 2020We’re proud to welcome Marc A. Campbell, DO to Covenant Health and Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge! Dr. Campbell brings with him 9 years of medical experience and joins the surgical team at Oak Ridge Surgeons. Welcome Dr. Campbell! Learn more about him below. Marc A. Campbell, DO Board Certified in General and Critical […]
Read moreCovenant Health Participates in Convalescent Plasma Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Patients
Posted on May 15, 2020Covenant Health hospitals have joined a nationwide effort to begin treating some COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma transfusions as part of a clinical trial. Convalescent plasma is donated by patients who have recovered from COVID-19 and is being given experimentally to current COVID-19 patients who are experiencing severe or life-threatening symptoms. The “Expanded Access to […]
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