Health Care

How Georgia’s schools and the legislature are addressing the state’s looming healthcare workforce shortage.

When former president Jimmy Carter learned last summer that he had stage IV metastatic melanoma, the prognosis was grim. An often-deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma had spread to his liver and brain, a situation that could have been quickly…

Each day at hospitals throughout Georgia, doctors are using techniques that were once unimaginable to treat patients with heart disease. Robotics allow surgeons to operate with greater precision; faulty aortic valves are replaced through catheters, not large incisions; and machines…

When you think of Georgia’s top hospitals, what comes to mind? Atlanta’s Emory or Grady Memorial? Augusta’s University Hospital or GRHealth Medical Center? Savannah’s Memorial University Medical Center or St. Joseph’s/Candler? While the state’s largest hospitals certainly rank tops, that…

In 2014, the number of babies being born in the United States rose for the first time since 2007. Some say its another sign of an improving economy, and here in Georgia, many hospitals are certainly seeing an uptick in…

It’s been almost three centuries since founding father Benjamin Franklin opined that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Although Franklin’s oft-repeated quote was actually in support of fire insurance – recognizing the devastation a house fire…

When Debra Light of Winder was diagnosed with lung cancer for the second time in October 2014, she knew she was in for a struggle – not only physically and emotionally, but also financially. Surgery to remove the tumor on…