Hospitals can't afford to ignore mHealth

by Jenn Riggle Most of us are familiar with mobile health apps like Fitbit, Jawbone and MyFitnessPal, which help people track their activity levels and count calories. However, these are just the tip of the iceberg. Faced with stiff penalties for unnecessary...

Obituary for Tean Dalrymple

Tean Dalrymple, 85, of Hixson, died from complications of COPD on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Tean was born in Geraldine, Ala., on May 27, 1928 and graduated Geraldine High School. He moved to Chattanooga in the early 1950s and started work at the DuPont plant. He later...

The Drought Could Be Making You Sick

W.F.P.D. Officer Involved Shooting W.F.P.D. Officer Involved Shooting Updated: Thursday, May 15 2014 12:13 AM EDT2014-05-15 04:13:18 GMT W.F.P.D. police officer involved in shooting leaves one person dead.  W.F.P.D. police officer involved in shooting leaves one...

Lung microbes protect against asthma

Whether or not people develop asthma may be determined in the first few weeks after birth according to a study of mice. The study suggests that microbes in the lungs stimulate the newborn’s immune system. Our lungs were long considered to be germfree and...