Dr. Zavalin is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who created Love to Move to help people move more to improve mental, physical and emotional wellness and way of life. You can find Love to Move on Instagram – @_lovetomove_ or by visiting their website https://www.ltmmtl.com/. Enjoy today’s guest blog from our friend, Dr. Stefan Zavalin […]
Pharmaceutical practices evolve as opioid epidemic surges on
March 15, 2018 Maura Sirianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee has one of the highest rates of opioid prescriptions per person across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With the opioid epidemic surging on, pharmaceutical practices are evolving to keep up. Pharmacists are often the last line of defense between […]
Three Selected For State Drug Abuse Committee
February 4, 2018 Raina Wiseman Drug abuse is a problem that many people face, but one main cause of this may be how easy it is to get prescription drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With a late January executive order by Governor Bill Haslam, the Tennessee Commission on Pain and […]
One unexpected effect of Tennessee’s opioid crisis? Longer jail stays for women
October 22, 2017 Anita Wadhwani Jessica Carter was in bed with her boyfriend, still high on methamphetamines and painkillers, when members of a Williamson County drug task force busted down the door with guns drawn. Carter, her boyfriend and boyfriend’s brother were each charged with the same 11 drug-related felony offenses. Ten months later, the two men […]
Miss Tennessee tackles opioid epidemic
October 17, 2017 Elizabeth Fite The effects of substance abuse and the opioid epidemic have hit close to home for Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis. Her grandfather, father and half-brother all battled addiction, but Davis said her position as Miss Tennessee gives her a great opportunity to change the conversation surrounding drugs and alcohol. “My […]
Opioid-related hospitalizations more than triple for Tennessee seniors
August 14, 2017 Anita Wadhwani Pain pills are sending more senior citizens to the hospital in Tennessee, according to data that sheds new light on how opioid addiction has spread to the state’s aging population. The rate of hospitalizations for Tennesseans 65 years and older due to painkillers has more than tripled in a decade. Older adults are […]
Drug crisis is pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans
June 9, 2017 Joel Achenbach and Dan Keating The opioid epidemic that has ravaged life expectancy among economically stressed white Americans is taking a rising toll among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, driving up the overall rate of death among Americans in the prime of their lives. Since the beginning of this decade, death rates […]
1 in 4 Americans Knows Someone Hooked on Opioids: Poll
May 22, 2017 Robert Preidt More than a quarter of Americans — and 1 in 3 millennials — say they know someone addicted to opioids or prescription painkillers, according to a new survey from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Also, most respondents from the poll of more than 1,000 adults believe treatment is a better […]
How a Tennessee OB-GYN turned into an addiction specialist for pregnant women
Anita Wadhwani May 6, 2017 SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Jennifer Maddron was drawn to obstetrics in her third year of medical school after she witnessed her first delivery. Guided by her Christian faith, it became a calling, she said. But a few years after setting up her practice, just a few miles from the Smoky […]
Stopping the opioid crisis in the womb
Wayne Drash May 5, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee (CNN) – The sound of a heartbeat pulsates through the air, and a grainy image of a baby flashes on screen. Jessica Hill smiles from her chair in the ultrasound room. Gathered around are her doctor, nurse and best friend. They are all eager, anxious, excited — and worried […]
