Kristi L. Nelson

• Local health experts disagree with new mammogram guide Published 11/20/2009 at midnight

  Knoxville registered nurse Crystal Dugger hopes that women ignore a government task force's revision of long-standing mammography guidelines.

• Kidney Foundation in need of blankets Published 11/20/2009 at midnight

  Ever since the National Kidney Foundation Serving East Tennessee started an effort to give blankets to dialysis patients, the organization has been covered up with requests. Now it's asking the community to donate clean new or used blankets.

• Tenn. ranks 44th in overall health Published 11/19/2009 at midnight

  Smoking and obesity are the two issues weighing down Tennessee's health, according to a report released this week.

• UT vaccinates 600 for H1N1 Published 11/18/2009 at midnight

  The line was slow and steady as several hundred people lined up to get vaccinated for H1N1 on Tuesday at the University of Tennessee.

• Tenn. still has work to do on premature births Published 11/18/2009 at midnight

  Dr. Robert Elder was sad, but not surprised, that March of Dimes gave Tennessee an "F" grade on its annual Premature Birth Report Card.

• Knox middle schoolers report risky behaviors Published 11/09/2009 at midnight

  As risky behavior increases, grades fall.

• Dog dragged behind truck recuperating Published 11/06/2009 at midnight

  She arrived in horrific pain, her chest and all four paw pads badly burned from being dragged along the asphalt street, some wounds so deep her bones and joints were actually ground down. But the 17-pound terrier mix has captured ...

• Fewer students get spray for H1N1 Published 11/05/2009 at midnight

  Altin Perry, 6, put on his brave face Wednesday morning, then scrunched it up as a nurse squirted intranasal H1N1 vaccine up his nose.

• Seasonal flu shots available for the uninsured at no cost Published 10/27/2009 at midnight

  Knoxville-Knox County CAC has set aside about 300 seasonal flu shots to give today free to the uninsured, in a year where demand for the vaccine is higher than usual.

• Program receives grant of $9M Published 10/19/2009 at midnight

  Too often, youths with mental or emotional problems slip through the cracks, with little to help them find services or success.

View all stories for this staff member.