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September is Ovarian Cancer Month - Middle Tennessee Woman Shares Her Inspiring Story

Sep 24, 2024 at 07:43 pm by WGNS News

Six days after welcoming her second child into the world, Beth Ellis, a wife and mother of two from Franklin, Tennessee, received life-changing news: she had ovarian cancer. N.... Read More

Dedication, Teamwork Key to Performing 10 Kidney Transplants in Two Days

Sep 19, 2024 at 02:43 pm by WGNS News

It was truly a Labor Day weekend to remember at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where transplant teams performed 10 kidney transplants in two days — and that was b.... Read More

TwelveStone Health Partners Sells Long-Term Care and MEDIpack service

Sep 05, 2024 at 02:02 pm by WGNS

Murfreesboro, TN - Middle Tennessee Pharmacy Services, a member of Guardian Pharmacy Services, one of the nation’s largest and most innovative long-term care p.... Read More

Pink Eye in the Schools, at the Office and How People Spread It

Aug 12, 2024 at 10:27 pm by WGNS News

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Pink eye is something most of us know enough about to understand that we don’t want it! However, simply not wanting to catch it doesn’t alw.... Read More

Innovative Heart Valve Replacement a First for Tennessee at Ascension Saint Thomas Heart

Jun 26, 2024 at 03:48 pm by WGNS

Nashville, TN - Ascension Saint Thomas Heart performed the first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement with the newly FDA approved EVOQUE system for treating tricuspi.... Read More

Atherosclerosis Is a Tumor-Like Disease: Study

Apr 30, 2024 at 09:19 pm by WGNS News

PHOTO ABOVE ARTICLE: Artery sections with glowing green smooth muscle cells from a healthy mouse with no atherosclerosis (left) and from a mouse with atherosclerosis (right)..... Read More

Listen: Your 5-Minute Good Health Update from Sunshine Nutrition Center

Apr 29, 2024 at 07:30 am by WGNS News

  WGNS takes a look at getting healthy and making positive choices to feel better with Kim Hillsman Dunaway from Sunshine Nutrition Center. Visit Sunshine Nutrition.... Read More

Listen: Autism and Your 5-Minute Good Health Update from Sunshine Nutrition Center

Apr 22, 2024 at 07:00 am by WGNS News

  WGNS takes a look at getting healthy and making positive choices to feel better with Kim Hillsman Dunaway from Sunshine Nutrition Center. Today, we focus on helping th.... Read More

Listen: Curbing the Aches and Pains of Arthritis in Your 5-Minute Good Health Update with Sunshine Nutrition Center

Apr 08, 2024 at 07:00 am by WGNS News

WGNS takes a look at getting healthy and making positive choices to feel better with Kim Hillsman Dunaway from Sunshine Nutrition Center. The show today focuses on Arthritis a.... Read More

Listen: Your 5-Minute Good Health Update from Sunshine Nutrition Center

Apr 03, 2024 at 02:07 pm by WGNS News

WGNS takes a look a getting healthy and making positive choices to feel better with Kim Hillsman Dunaway from Sunshine Nutrition Center. Visit Sunshine Nutrition Center&.... Read More

Attention SENIOR CITIZENS -- MTSU Conference on Positive Aging will be April 5th

Mar 24, 2024 at 01:01 pm by WGNS

UPDATED w/Audio: MURFREESBORO, TN - The Second Positive Aging Conference is scheduled to take place in 2-weeks. Dr. Deborah Lee, NHC Chair of Excellence in Nursing,.... Read More

Second Positive Aging Conference Scheduled for April

Feb 19, 2024 at 09:38 pm by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, TN - The Second Positive Aging Conference is being planned and has already been scheduled for April 5, 2024. Dr. Deborah Lee, NHC Chair of Excellence in.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Urgent Care Opening Third Murfreesboro Location this Month

Feb 19, 2024 at 05:09 pm by WGNS News

  MURFREESBORO, TN - If you've driven by and have seen the sign, you have likely noticed the new medical office on South Church Street in Murfreesboro, near the Joe B. J.... Read More

Heart Health and Cardiology are Today's Topics

Feb 13, 2024 at 09:30 am by WGNS News

In today's podcast on WGNS Radio, Nurse Practitioner Hallie McNew joins host Scott Walker to delve into the critical subject of heart health. As a dedicated healthcare profe.... Read More

TriStar StoneCrest in Smyrna Recognized in Top 100 Hospitals for Excellence

Oct 25, 2023 at 06:12 pm by WGNS News

SMYRNA, TN - TriStar Health, a part of HCA Healthcare, announced that two of its Middle Tennessee hospitals have been recognized on the 2023 Fortune/PINC AI 100 To.... Read More

State of TN Suggests Flu Vaccination

Sep 22, 2023 at 01:56 pm by WGNS News

The Tennessee Department of Health is encouraging all Tennesseans not to wait to get their annual flu vaccinations as the best prevention against getting or spreading the flu.... Read More

Rutherford County Resident Receives Innovative Procedure for Debilitating GERD Symptoms

Jul 13, 2023 at 01:20 pm by WGNS News

  SMYRNA, Tenn. – For Rutherford County resident, Bill Thaw, it was love at first sight. The Miami, FL, native traveled to Rutherford County for vacation, the.... Read More

Vanderbilt University Medical Center DENIED in Proposal to Open a 48-Bed Hospital in Murfreesboro

Jun 15, 2023 at 09:00 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - The Certificate of Need to allow Vanderbilt University Medical Center to build and open a 48-bed hospital in Murfreesboro has been denied. In April of 2020.... Read More

Navigating Medicare Workshop at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic on Shelbyville Pike

Jun 10, 2023 at 02:45 pm by WGNS News

MURFREESBORO, TN - A special workshop is being held at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic on June 20th that covers the subject of Medicare. The workshop, entitled, Navigating Medic.... Read More

TennCare Changes Could Leave Elderly, Disabled Without Health Benefits

Jun 07, 2023 at 03:25 pm by WGNS News

For elderly and disabled people, doctor and hospital visits can be a regular part of life, causing a seemingly never-ending stream of medical bills. For those with low inco.... Read More