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Covenant Health’s cardiac program has received the highest quality designation from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), an organization dedicated to ensuring the best possible outcomes for surgeries of the heart, lung and esophagus. The society represents nearly 7,000 surgeons, researchers and allied health care professionals worldwide.

Children have their own way of coping with the loss of a loved one, and one of those methods is now being shared at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Currently on display in the museum’s education gallery are eight memorial quilts created by local youth to help them in the grieving process.

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon announced today that it will offer a new grant program targeted at promoting healthy living in East Tennessee.

Mark Chepses of Searcy, Ark., won the 10th annual Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon on Sunday, March 30. Chepses finished the 26.2-mile men’s full marathon with a time of 2:27:31. Just 24 seconds behind Chepses was Knoxville’s Ethan Coffey, who came in second at 2:27:55. Abraham Kogo of Hebron, Ky., was third with a time of 2:33:06.

When the starting gun goes off for events in the 10th annual Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon this weekend, among the 8,000 child and adult participants will be athletes who compete despite amputations, birth defects, paralysis and limiting conditions such as arthritis.

The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon set for Sunday, March 30, marks an important milestone in the event’s history, as 2014 is the 10th anniversary of the race. It has grown to become a weekend-long event, offering a health and fitness exposition open to the public, motivational speakers, kids’ activities, fittest company and school competitions and five competitive races.

Christian Academy of Knoxville junior Christian Bruner replaced a valve in a pig’s heart under the direction of one of the area’s top heart surgeons at school Thursday. That’s not an experience very many high school students can put on a college application.

Five Covenant Health hospitals that offer obstetrics services have been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association for reducing the number of babies born electively between 37 and 39 weeks, thereby increasing their chances for better lifelong health.

News conference featured: Knoxville Track Club presenting benefit check to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center’s Innovative Recreation Cooperative, announcement of sponsorship for next three years, and a group of runners who have run all nine marathons and also plan to run 10th.

Wojciech Kopec of Searcy, Ark., won the ninth annual Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon on Sunday, April 7. In a field of about 7,500 participants in six races, Kopec finished the 26.2-mile men’s full marathon with a time of 2:22:15.