The next to file an appointment for treasurer was J.W. Gibson in August 2024. Gibson is a business owner and philanthropist ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

A new case, filed by former Memphis Shelby-County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins, alleged that the school board violated Tennessee's open meetings law prior to firing her. The lawsuit ...

If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves. The political and social realities in Tennessee — and particularly in Memphis and Shelby County — are riddled with inequities that elected officials ...

More than 100 emergency responders were deployed in the county, the emergency management office said, including dozens from a Tennessee Highway Patrol strike team, who will “look for any people ...

House Bill 26, sponsored by State Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, would help prevent the senseless loss of human life by providing a civil cause of action against abortion pill suppliers for the loss of ...

Childhood obesity has been on the rise in the United States for over a decade, and, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), approximately one in three children and teenagers lives with ...

Prescriptions of obesity management drugs (OMDs) have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search trends, according to a study published online Jan. 29 in JAMA Network ...

Obesity is a chronic condition characterized by excess fat cells in the body. It’s traditionally defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above, though this scale has limitations. Between ...

Located on an expansive stretch of the Cumberland River about 5 miles east of downtown Nashville, the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center & Greenway is a sprawling green space where visitors can learn ...

Shelby County Commissioners vote Monday, Feb. 10, on hiring an accounting firm to conduct an independent financial audit of ...

Within Novo Nordisk's comprehensive business update to investors, attention latched onto early data for an oral obesity therapy that outperformed the company’s big-selling GLP-1 agonist Wegovy ...