To help metro area residents get fit and raise money for local breast cancer services, Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta has launched the GET UP Fitness Challenge. Community involvement in the challenge will help achieve the organization’s goal of cutting…
At Navicent Health’s Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital in Macon, young patients have a new way to navigate the halls. Kid-sized, remote-controlled autos – operated by staff who accompany the children – will simulate the driving experience and hopefully help…
Summer’s here at last and that means getting outside to enjoy the warm days. It also means thinking about protecting your skin from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays, which are the leading cause of skin cancer. To save your skin…
With Valentine’s Day approaching, the focus is on hearts. Piggybacking on this cultural phenomenon, MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic in many CVS stores, is offering “Know Your Numbers” heart health screenings at no cost. Every Wednesday in February, the 47…
For the fifth consecutive year, Becker’s Hospital Review, a leading source of business and legal news for hospital and health system decision-makers, has named Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders to its 130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know list.…
More than 80 years ago, Robert Winship Woodruff, The Coca-Cola Company’s late leader, became a benefactor of Emory University. Today, his legacy continues to support the university, most recently with a pledge of $400 million by his namesake foundation. The…
For one Georgia school district, the days of on-site school nurses have evolved into high-tech, long-distance healthcare. Beginning in August, Montgomery County elementary and middle schools will pilot a complete telemedicine solution at no cost to the schools. 24/7 Kid…
New cancer treatments made the news in a big way in Georgia when former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed, treated and declared cancer-free all in the space of just a few months. Still, it’s…
Every year the ACCG, a nonprofit serving county governments in Georgia, in partnership with Georgia Trend, presents the Georgia Counties of Excellence…
Now patients with cancer in Southwest Georgia will be able to access the cutting-edge research and treatment of Emory's nationally recognized Winship Cancer Institute without leaving the area. A new collaboration has brought the Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center at Archbold…
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