TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center now offering bariatric weight-loss surgery
TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center is pleased to announce the expansion of the hospital’s surgical services program with the addition of bariatric weight-loss surgery. Choosing weight loss surgery is a life-changing commitment and TriStar Southern Hills is proud to offer patients the latest in minimally invasive techniques that have been proven to reduce a patient’s…
Connected: A Breast Cancer Survivor Retreat Registration Now Open
Murfreesboro Medical Clinic is proud to host the first breast cancer survivor’s event of its kind in Middle Tennessee. Connected: A Breast Cancer Survivor Retreat is a mini day retreat for anyone who has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer. The event will be hosted at The View at The Fountains on Saturday, August 10th…
New Course for 13th Annual Murfreesboro Half Marathon
After 12 years, the Murfreesboro Half Marathon, or “The Middle Half” has changed its route. On October 12, two thousand runners will start near Central Magnet School on Main Street and finish the 13.1 mile race near the Square. Registration opened June 1 with a registration limit of 2000 runners, and within two weeks is…
Saint Thomas Heart is First in State to Perform this Alternative to Open Heart Surgery
Saint Thomas Heart has successfully completed Tennessee’s first Tendyne mitral valve replacement. This valve, developed by Abbott, is part of an international clinical trial that will ultimately include as many as 350 patients at 40 centers. Dr. Evelio Rodriguez, Dr. Andrew Morse, and Dr. Chandrashekhar Ramaiah performed the operation, which took place in a 2-hour…
Dance, fitness at rec center help MTSU student shed 100 pounds
There’s dancing in the aisles, dance ’til the cows come home and more dance phrases than you can shake a leg at these days. For MTSU junior Cassidy Johnson, her “happy dance” is not necessarily dance the night away, it’s dance the pounds away. About 100 pounds to be exact As a freshman Honors College…
Saint Thomas Heart First to Bring HeartFlow Technology to Tennessee
Ascension Saint Thomas is the first healthcare system in Tennessee to implement HeartFlow Analysis, a non-invasive technology that converts data from CT scans into 3D models of the coronary arteries. HeartFlow technology identifies plaque formation and blockages to gauge arterial health—reducing reliance on higher-cost procedures like heart catheterization that carry risk for infection, bleeding, or…