Health Care

  In 2010, an estimated 15,435 Georgians died from cancer; 15,987 died from heart disease; and almost 3,762 died from stroke, one of the highest rates in the United States. These and many other common conditions can be treated early,…

  The most common cause of disability and death among Georgians is heart disease, but its toll is decreasing.  According to a recent study in the journal American Family Physician, just 6 percent of Americans had coronary heart disease in…

  Jennifer Giliberto was searching for a doctor to treat a potentially malignant brain tumor when her search kept leading her to Emory University neurosurgeon Costas Hadjipanayis, M.D., Ph.D.  After meeting with Dr. Hadjipanayis and his team, it didn’t take…

  When Janita Green got her breast cancer diagnosis three years ago, it made absolutely no sense to her. “I didn’t believe it. I was young, active and healthy,” says Green, a CPA for a consulting firm in Atlanta. “I…

  Obesity is a problem of major proportions in Georgia, costing the state $2.1 billion annually either directly or indirectly for diagnostic and treatment services and reduced productivity. But for far too many Georgians, the ultimate cost of excess weight…

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…

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,…

  When the cost of round-the-clock homecare had depleted most of her elderly father’s life savings, Rachel Harris knew she had to look for an alternative to in-home care. Her search ultimately led her to Fairburn Health Care Center, a…