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Videos on Women's Health

What are your risks for breast cancer and heart disease, and what is being done to encourage healthy birth weights in TN? The 3 videos below will cover these and other health topics important to women. We'll show you the latest in screening technology and how a multidisciplinary approach can provide a personalized treatment plan that's right for you.

Medical Advances: Insights into Women's Health


Segment 1 - Innovative Women's Care and Healthy Babies:

When it comes to women having healthy babies, Tennessee receives a failing grade with one of the highest rates of premature births and low birth weight babies in the nation.  Learn what steps you can take to have a healthy baby, what’s new in screening for cervical cancer, and the latest techniques in women’s care. 

 

Segment 2 - The Latest in Screening and Treatment of Breast Cancer:

Talk to any woman and you’ll hear how breast cancer is something she fears.  Yet U.S. Government statistics find nationally, 4 out of 10 women have never had a mammogram.  Find out how you can detect breast cancer at its earliest stages when cure rates are highest and what the next steps would be if breast cancer is detected. 

 

Segment 3 - Combating and Treating Heart Disease:

Heart disease is the number one killer in women, claiming more women’s lives over age 65 than all cancers combined.  Are stress, fatigue and anxiety products of your busy lifestyle, or could they be warning signs of heart disease?  Find out more about how you can lower your risk of heart disease and the latest in leading edge treatments and cardiovascular procedures now available. 

 

 

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