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How Childhood Trauma Is Costing Tennessee Billions — By Turning Kids Into Smokers

Blake Farmer

February 8, 2019

Listen Childhood trauma is costing Tennessee billions of dollars a year as those kids become adults with health complications. The Sycamore Institute has released a study showing a hefty price in medical bills and missed work, much of it caused by a familiar problem — smoking.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, public health

That Health Survey In Your Nashville Mailbox — With A Dollar Tucked Inside — Is Not A Scam

Blake Farmer

November 28, 2018

Listen Don’t discard a lengthy health survey landing in Nashville mailboxes — so says the organization counting on getting thousands of responses.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, public health

City-Wide Checkup: Massive Survey Aims To Assess How Healthy Nashvillians Are

Blake Farmer

September 7, 2018

Listen Nashville health officials say it’s time to take the city’s temperature. They’re launching a county-wide survey of more than 12,000 residents to get a baseline view of health-related behaviors, chronic conditions and preventative health care practices.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, public health

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