Local nurse reflects on changes over four decades
For nearly 40 years, registered nurse Joyce Flynn has helped welcome thousands of babies into the world, and comforted and assured just as many new moms (and dads)…
Older Americans Month: Is May My Month?
May has been designated as Older Americans Month…
Birth plans should consider all options for delivery
For the woman pregnant with her first baby, there are hundreds of questions to ask her physician and her hospital. An important one is “what is the C-Section rate at the hospital where I will deliver?”…
Giving the right direction
Hospital leaders, their medical staff members and even their governing boards are under mounting pressure these days. The charge is to deliver a high level of patient care with an ever decreasing amount of funds…
Heart attack or stroke? Know the warning signs
Heart disease takes the lives of more women each year than all cancers – combined – making it the leading cause of death for women in the United States…
Heart health requires immediate attention
The belief is that only men need to worry about heart disease…
Weight loss surgery gives new life to Johns Creek woman
Unlike many women with weight issues, Savela Pappas’ battle with the scale didn’t begin in childhood or adolescence. An active athlete and sports enthusiast in her younger years, Pappas began fighting…
Make a resolution that could save your life
With 2012 looming before us, it’s a good time to take stock. There’s no better start to a New Year than making resolutions. I’m not talking about the ones we don’t keep — I will lose weight, I will be on time for meetings, I will not lose my temper when my teenager rolls her eyes…
New hair loss treatments
Dr. Shereen Timani has established herself as of the leading dermatologists in the North Georgia region, but her secondary specialty in dermatopathology gives her additional expertise with her hair loss patients…
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