Health & Medical
Waterborne Diseases Could Cost over $500 Million Annually in U.S.8/22/10 Hospitalizations for three common waterborne diseases cost the health care system as much as $539 million annually, according to research presented last month at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases... More Even Modest Weight Gain Can Harm Blood Vessels, Mayo Researchers Find8/18/10 Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and control the ability of the vessels to expand... More Mayo's "Smart" Adult Stem Cells Repair Hearts8/17/10 Mayo Clinic investigators, with Belgian collaborators, have demonstrated that rationally "guided" human adult stem cells can effectively heal, repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue. The findings — called "landmark work" in an accompanying editorial — appeared in Monday's Journal of the American College of Cardiology... More Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression Celebrates 10 Years of Community Outreach4/26/10 The late J.B. Fuqua, businessman and philanthropist who struggled with depression throughout his life, recognized a need in Georgia for a program to identify, educate and treat elderly patients suffering from depression... More Boustany: The Relationship Between the IRS and Healthcare Legislation3/16/10 Opening Statement Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing on the National Taxpayer Advocate’s 2009 Report on the Most Serious Problems Encountered by Taxpayers... More MAG's "Doctor of the Day" Featured in Telemedicine Demo3/11/10 Gary C. Richter, M.D., the president of the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG), is applauding Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and the state’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. David Ralston, for their leadership in promoting telemedicine as an innovative way of enhancing the patient-physician relationship... More Mayo Clinic Reports its First Lung Transplantation by Donation After Cardiac Death3/7/10 Lung transplantation is a well-known therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease, but, as with other patients waiting for organs for transplantation, there are more recipients waiting than donors available. A potential solution for patients with end-stage lung disease is donation after cardiac death... More Piedmont Hospital Receives Grant for Equipment to Aid in Donor-Recipient Matching for Organ Transplantation2/26/10 The Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust recently announced a gift awarded to Piedmont Hospital to purchase a flow cytometer, a highly sophisticated piece of equipment used to help match organ transplant donors and recipients and improve transplantation outcomes... More Latest Report on Nation's Health Shows Growing Medical Technology Use2/17/10 The use of medical technology in the United States increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006, according to "Health, United States, 2009," the federal government's 33rd annual report to the President and Congress on the health of all Americans... More HPV Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Genital Diseases in Young Women2/6/10 A five-year, multi-site international study has shown that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations given to adolescents and young women decrease the number of abnormal Pap smears, biopsies and cases of genital warts, researchers report in the final analysis of a study published online Feb. 5, 2010, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... More St. John's Wort Not Helpful Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Mayo Clinic Researchers Say1/4/10 A Mayo Clinic research study published in the January issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology finds that St. John's wort is not an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). While antidepressants are frequently used to treat IBS, to date, no study has examined the success of using the herbal supplement St. John's wort in treating IBS... More New Department Cutting Back on Expenses12/18/09 With Georgia’s economy still struggling, the new Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) is cutting back on expenses while working to maintain services for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders. By the end of the fiscal year in June, all of the agency’s staff not involved in direct clinical care at one of the state’s... More Public Seminar for Alzheimer’s Caregivers Co-Hosted by Emory10/30/09 A group of experts will gather in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 5 to discuss caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Presenters at the evening seminar, "Practical Strategies: Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s,” will cover topics including managing daily life, planning future decisions, handling crises, dealing with family and caring for... More Piedmont Hospital’s Transplant Services Continues to Enhance Patient Care By Launching Satellite Offices Throughout Georgia10/27/09 Piedmont Hospital Transplant Services is pleased to announce the opening of a new satellite transplant clinic in Dalton, Ga., on Friday, October 23. This facility will support continued efforts to enhance patient access to... More Congressman Lynn Westmoreland: Health Bills Deadly for Georgia Small Businesses10/21/09 As federal reports out today show Georgia and the rest of the nation continuing to add to the unemployment rolls, congressional Democrats are forging ahead with health care proposals that will put small businesses on life support and hemorrhage more jobs... More "This is probably one of the largest pieces of social legislation in American history since the Depression. It affects everybody in our country. It affects everybody in many different ways. It is comprehensive. It is complex. It just takes time to fully fathom. To put the pieces together. To understand and then to make a suggestion to make it better." - Senator Baucus (D-MT) at a press conference on his new healthcare bill outline Piedmont Sports and Orthopaedic Surgery Opens in Ellijay9/19/09 Piedmont Mountainside Hospital (PMH) welcomes orthopaedic surgeon Rodney D. Fields, M.D., to its medical staff. On Monday... More Mayo Clinic Identifies Two Genes as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Multiple Sclerosis9/12/09 A Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). These findings give researchers new hope for developing more effective therapies for... More CDC to Distribute $40 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help States Fight Healthcare-Associated Infections9/1/09 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced plans to distribute $40 million to state health departments to help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act... More Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health of Teens and Young Adults Slowing8/20/09 After a period of improvement, trends in the sexual and reproductive health of U.S. teens and young adults have flattened, or in some instances may be worsening, according to a new... More Life Expectancy at All Time High; Death Rates Reach New Low, New Report Shows8/19/09 U.S. life expectancy reached nearly 78 years (77.9), and the age-adjusted death rate dropped to 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population, both records, according to ... More 
Flu-Like Illness Being Reported in Communities District-Wide8/18/09 District 4 Public Health wants parents and employers to know that flu-like illness is being reported in communities within the 12 county Region. Because only a small... More Piedmont Physicians Group
at Cascade Welcomes New Physician
8/9/09 Piedmont Physicians at Cascade welcomed Signe H. O’Neale,
M.D., to its. Patient’s Own Platelets Provide Promising Treatment for Tendinopathy7/29/09 Athletes who endure chronic pain from tendon injuries may finally get relief. Sports medicine physicians at the Emory Sports Medicine Center have found that a procedure injecting... More Mayo Researchers Find Anesthesia Not Harmful for Babies During Birth Process7/28/09 Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life... More Saint Joseph's Joins Landmark Study of Percutaneous Mitral Repair with the Mitraclip System7/16/09 Saint Joseph’s Hospital has become a new clinical trial site for EVEREST II to evaluate the Evalve® MitraClip® system for the treatment of mitral regurgitation (MR)... More Piedmont Physicians Group Welcomes Eden Fleming English, M.D.7/11/09 Piedmont Physicians Group (PPG) welcomes Eden Fleming English, M.D., to its healthcare team... More Isakson,
Chambliss Praise Albany Non-Profit Founder as CNN Hero
7/7/09 U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Saxby
Chambliss, R-Ga., today praised the work of Pamela Green
Jackson, founder and CEO of The Youth Becoming Healthy
Project, whose Fracture Risk Following Bariatric Surgery6/11/09 Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting that persons who undergo bariatric surgery may have a greater chance of experiencing broken bones, especially in their hands... More |
Cancer Survivor and Race Team Owner Will “Drop the Green Flag” to Start the Emory Healthcare 5009/2/10 Wayne Reese has been racing motocross and super late model cars on dirt tracks for more than 11 years, and he knows the risks. One risk he won’t take, however, is with his health... More Winship Cancer Institute Participates in National Lung Cancer Trial8/20/10 The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is one of 14 facilities to participate in the National Cancer Institute-endorsed Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium (LCMC). Winship joins 14 cancer facilities nationwide that will collaborate on research to catalogue the genetic changes in lung cancer. The lead institution is the University of Colorado... More Emory Conducting Landmark Study to Treat ALS4/30/10 Emory University researchers are participating in a groundbreaking clinical trial to treat patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) using human neural stem cells. The Phase 1 trial, approved in 2009 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is studying the safety... More Volunteers Are Urgently Needed for Free Health Clinic for Uninsured3/11/10 Volunteers are urgently needed for a one-day, free health clinic in the Atlanta area this month that is expected to serve more than 1,000 uninsured Georgia residents. “More than 18 percent of Georgia's non-elderly population is uninsured, demonstrating a great need... More Atlanta Cardiologist Gets Award for Lifetime Achievements
3/7/10 Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., an CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommends Universal Annual Influenza Vaccination2/24/10 A panel of immunization experts voted today (February 24, 2010) to expand the recommendation for annual influenza vaccination to include all people aged 6 months and older. The expanded recommendation is to take effect in the 2010 - 2011 influenza season. The new recommendation seeks to remove barriers to influenza immunization and signals the importance of preventing influenza across the entire population... More Piedmont Fayette Hospital and Piedmont Newnan Hospital Host Dessert and Discussion in Recognition of American Heart Month2/9/10 According to the most recent data available from the Georgia Department of Human Resources, an estimated 80 million American adults (one in three) have one or more types of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and in the state, CVD is the leading cause of death, accounting for one-third in 2007... More Dr. Nicole Sroka Hosting Open
House at New Office Location
2/10/10 Nicole Sroka, M.D. will host an open house on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at her new office location on the Piedmont Fayette Hospital (PFH)... More Piedmont Fayette Hospital Offers Look Good…Feel Better for Cancer PatientsBeginning Monday, Jan. 4, Piedmont Fayette Hospital began offering Look Good…Feel Better classes for cancer patients on the first Monday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon in Conference Room A of the 1279 Building of Piedmont Fayette Hospital’s campus... More Cancer Treatment Centers of America Receives Georgia Certificate of Need for Hospital Serving Patients in Southeast12/18/09 Cancer patients throughout the Southeast will have another choice for treatment now that the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) approved the Certificate of Need (CON) for Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) to build and operate its fifth regional treatment center in Newnan, Ga. CTCA announced its plans for the Coweta County site... More Piedmont Bariatrics Offers Informational Seminars on Weight Loss Surgery11/4/09 Are you one of the 28 percent of Georgians suffering from obesity? You’ve tried everything you can think of but can’t seem to keep the weight off? Attend a free seminar to learn about proven, tested and permanent solutions to long lasting weight loss surgery options at Piedmont Bariatrics led by one of Piedmont Hospital’s bariatric... More Physicians' Coalition Representative to Tell Congressional Leaders "No Place for Big Government in Exam Room"10/28/09 M. Todd Williamson, M.D., the immediate past president of the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) and the spokesman for a coalition of state and specialty societies that represents nearly 50,000 practicing physicians from across the U.S., will call for national health care... More Physician Coalition: "No Place for Big Government in Exam Room"10/21/09 The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) joined more than 100 doctors from across the country in Washington, D.C., today to offer legislators a “second opinion” on the best way to reform the nation’s health care system at a press conference that was sponsored... More Risky Behavior in Adolescents May Signal Mature Brain9/20/09 A new study using brain imaging to study teen behavior indicates that adolescents who engage in dangerous activities have frontal white matter tracts that are more adult in form... More CDC Awards $22 Million for Colorectal Cancer Screening Program9/8/09 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a total of $22 million to 26 states and tribal organizations to provide colorectal cancer screening services for low-income people aged 50-64 years, who... More Georgia Seniors Enter Nursing Homes Later in Life Thanks to Nutritional Wellness Program8/29/09 Results from a study on the impact of a Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Aging Services (DAS) nutritional wellness program reveals older Georgians are staying... More Central State Hospital Taking Precautions After Confirming Case of H1N1 Virus8/12/09 Central State Hospital is taking measures to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus among its patients and staff after one consumer was confirmed to be infected with the virus Tuesday... More Emory Begins Vaccinating Volunteers Today in First H1N1 Clinical Trial8/10/09 Today Emory University researchers began vaccinating volunteer participants in the first of several planned clinical trials of a new H1N1 vaccine. The clinical trials are ... More New Center Focuses on Personalized Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis8/9/09 The Integrative Cancer Research Center (ICRC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is joining forces with the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD)... More Study Results Raise Questions About Vertebroplasty for Patients With Osteoporotic Spinal Compression Fractures8/6/09 A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, were... More Piedmont
Physicians Group Welcomes India Nicole Calhoun Williams, M.D.
Sen. Judson Hill: All Health Care Reform is Not Created Equal7/18/09 With Democratic control of both the White House and Congress, national health care reform has a better chance of passing now than any time in recent history. Americans agree that change in our health care system is necessary... More Cancer
Wellness at Piedmont’s Programs and Services for July
7/13/09 Cancer Wellness at Piedmont offers comprehensive services and programs for anyone affected by cancer at any phase in his or her journey. All programs take place at Cancer Wellness at Piedmont, located... More Obesity Among U.S. Adults Continues to Rise7/8/09 The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared to 25.6 percent in 2007. The data come from CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a... More CDC Launches New Environmental Public Health Tracking Network7/7/09 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today the launch of the Web-based Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a surveillance tool that scientists, health... More Newt Gingrich: The Trojan Horse That's Killing Healthcare Reform7/1/09 President Obama said something at his White House healthcare event last week that offers a disturbing hint of our future under his vision of health reform. He suggested one way to save costs.. More New Treatment Strategy Enhances Outcome for Lung Cancer6/12/09 A new strategy for treating non-small cell lung cancer increases the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced stage disease, according to results... More |
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