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Teaching The Healers

Jerry Grillo,

The way Maria Whyte and Anita Hufft have it figured, this was bound to happen. They became nurses, decades apart, but the circumstances of their first meeting fated them to meet again. At the very least, it’s a really small…
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State Of The Heart

Mary Anne Dunkin,

When it comes to heart disease in Georgia, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that Georgia has the 12th highest rate of heart disease in the United States, according to the American Heart Association. Each year,…

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Top Georgia Hospitals

Georgia Trend Staff,

  For the second year, Georgia Trend is publishing statewide hospital rankings, this time for 17 different categories, including cardiac care, stroke treatment and joint replacement. The rankings are compiled by HealthGrades, Inc., a leading healthcare ratings organization, which ranks…
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Healing The Sick

Jerry Grillo,

  If there ever is a moment of truth this is it: Your life hangs in the balance and you’ve got to choose, right now, where you’d like to go to try and save it. Patti Chism went to her…
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Pharmacists For The Future

Ed Lightsey,

Neal Florence estimates about 150 people a day come by the Medi-Thrift Pharmacy he and wife Carolyn operate in LaFayette, a fast growing community in the Georgia suburbs of Chattanooga. Florence says he never knows if his customers are in…
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Surviving A Stroke

Jerry Grillo,

Andrei Bersatti is having trouble finding the words, and it’s not because English is his second language. It’s one of the aftershocks from the explosion in his brain. He’s also having a difficult time making decisions and thinking quickly.  …
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Broken System

Jerry Grillo,

Zach Hayes thinks he flew out through the sunroof, but he isn’t sure. His memories of the accident that nearly killed him are choppy and grainy bits of sound and vision that don’t complete the story; the only arc he…
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Treating Prostate Cancer

Mary Anne Dunkin,

An estimated 6,380 Georgia men will learn this year that they have prostate cancer. For some, the diagnosis will be the first they have heard of the disease. While most men don’t know much about prostate cancer, they should, says…
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Mending Broken Hearts

Jerry Grillo,

Nell Morris has a long, vertical scar in the middle of her chest, a lingering reminder of the broken heart that would have finished her if not for some fortunate timing.   For about 25 years she’d endured a condition…