Women and high blood pressure
The management of hypertension is changing. According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, high blood pressure accounts for 1 in 5...
Bill requiring prescription drug discount sharing with Georgia patients falters in the Senate
(GA Recorder) — A bipartisan measure that would require prescription drug discounts to be shared with Georgia consumers stalled in the Senate.
The bill centered...
U.S. judge rules insurers don’t have to cover many free preventive health services
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Health insurance companies may no longer need to cover a wide swath of preventive health care services that were required...
The dye dilemma
With Easter approaching, many of us will be participating in the time-honored tradition
of dying Easter eggs (evolved from the early practice of staining eggs...
Xylazine is contaminating the drug supply in Georgia, often with fatal outcomes
Health officials and drug enforcement agencies are warning about the dangers of an increasingly prevalent drug, xylazine.
A dangerous depressant in humans, the drug is...
Sweet Talk
One of my favorite things about the South is our sweetness. It's woven into our language as well as our food. Although folks who...
A life well lived
Recently in the news, the Carter Center reported that former president and humanitarian Jimmy Carter has made the decision to forgo medical treatment and...
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta commits millions to grow rural pediatric care
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is dedicating $200 million in long-term funding for ambitious plans to improve pediatric health care in rural parts of the...
Health benefits of fasting
Health fads, including diets, come and go. One of the more recent is intermittent fasting. It has gained much popularity in recent years as...
Chocolate: The love drug
As evidenced by the number of store aisles filled with red boxes, no treat says 'I love you' on Valentine's Day more than chocolate (except...
Patient travels from Minnesota for Georgia Heart Institute’s first robotic heart surgery
Northeast Georgia Health System is celebrating a major milestone in cardiovascular care after a performing its first robotic heart surgery last week.
Dr. T. Sloane...
State medical cannabis programs failing to make enough progress, advocacy group finds
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — A report from a patient advocacy group found the future of medical cannabis in the states is hazy unless costs...