Covenant Health and Johnson University have partnered to support college athletes at the Knoxville-based college. Covenant Health will provide athletic training services for Johnson University with the potential to grow …
Man with spinal cord injury benefits from specialized therapies, driver training
Delaney Estes of Knoxville was 30 years old when he suffered a tragic accident that caused a T10 and T11 complete spinal cord injury. Paralyzed “from the belly button down,” …
TOA offers four Quick Care Ortho facilities
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (TOA) offers four Quick Care Ortho facilities in Knox, Sevier and Anderson counties. Quick Care Ortho is a walk-in, fully staffed orthopedic practice which includes sports medicine …
New ER call-ahead; Honor for Dr. Polu
Have you ever had to wait in an emergency room and didn’t know how long the wait would be? Methodist Medical Center, a member of Covenant Health, now offers an …
Food City supports Sevier County program for medically uninsured
Top leadership from Food City was in Sevierville, Tennessee, last week to solemnize a $100,000 donation to Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, a provider of health services to uninsured Sevier …
First responder loses 150 pounds with bariatric surgery
Robert Brumbach, 48, of Tazewell, Tennessee, lost 150 pounds after having bariatric surgery at Parkwest Medical Center.
At his highest weight, Brumbach, who is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighed 287 …
Shin splints: Cause and treatment
When the weather warms up, runners hit the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee. Thousands of people have been training for the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon, and the toll of pounding miles of …
Still smoking cigarettes? Perhaps this can help
My father gave up cigarettes at age 45. He died in 2010 at 93. My mother never stopped smoking. She died in 1987 at 64. At the age of 13, …