Monday, March 28, 2011 More than half of all Americans suffer from allergies, and the numbers are increasing. No matter the severity of symptoms, it’s important to know what is causing the allergies and the options for treatment.
Allergy symptoms appear when chemical med...
Monday, March 14, 2011 Colon cancer is not a common topic of conversation, but it is a fairly common type of cancer. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), about 102,900 new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed each year. When coupled with rectal cancer, which acc...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010 You have a family reunion to plan, a seemingly endless shopping list, an unexpected house guest and several parties to attend. The holidays seem to be getting busier and busier each year. And you seem to be getting more and more frazzled as the days...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 What are you going to be this Halloween? The latest super hero, a scary ghost or a fairy-tale princess?
Halloween can be great fun. You get to dress up and get free candy. If you plan to go trick-or-treating, here are some tips to help keep you sa...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010 Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States. While most risk factors cannot be changed (such as genetics, starting menstruation early or menopause late, and age) there are factors you can control. These controllable risk factors ma...
Friday, September 24, 2010 Hispanic Americans represent 15 percent of the present U.S. population, or about 45.5 million people. According to the Census Bureau, people of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central-American or other Spanish culture or origin are projected ...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 Many people have problems speaking and understanding speech following a stroke. This difficulty with communication is called aphasia. It usually comes on suddenly as a result of a stroke or head injury, but brain tumors and infections of the brain ...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 The head bone’s connected to the neck bone. The neck bone’s connected to the shoulder bone. The shoulder bone’s connected to the arm bone. And so on. When you have diabetes, taking care of your body can feel a lot like progressing through this s...
Thursday, July 01, 2010 If you feel the dull ache, sudden twinge, or throbbing soreness of back pain, you are not alone. Back pain is a common medical problem that affects 8 out of 10 people at some point in their lives. Back pain usually goes away on its own. But if it do...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Approximately every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke and roughly every three to four minutes someone dies of a stroke. Strokes cause about one in 17 deaths annually – making it the third leading cause of death – and are the prima...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 Which famous cat never got his feet wet? Puss in Boots! Laughter and a sense of humor may well be the best medicine for your heart, as well as help you cope with stress and even tolerate pain better. Recent studies have shown that people with heart ...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 If you want to eat a healthy diet, you’ll need to do more than choose the right foods. It’s also important to prepare foods in a healthy way. There are many different methods to cut cholesterol, trim fat and reduce calories without sacrificing taste...
Monday, May 03, 2010 Chances are you know someone with arthritis. Maybe your grandmother or uncle has mentioned their stiff joints, or perhaps one of your friends. That’s because nearly one in five people have arthritis, making it the most common cause of disability in ...
Friday, April 30, 2010 Walking may be an important weapon for women in the fight against stroke, a new study hints.
The study found that women who walked for two or more hours a week had a lower risk of stroke than those who walked for less than two hours a week.
It's w...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Summer’s warmer temperatures and longer days give us more opportunities to be outside enjoying ourselves. As the temperatures rise and the humidity soars, you may start hearing the weather stations talk about the “heat index.” A heat index tells the...
Monday, April 05, 2010
If you are a diabetic, you need to “stay on your toes” when it comes to foot care. Diabetes can cause both nerve damage and hardening of the blood vessels in your feet. Lack of feeling in your feet makes it difficult to tell if you have a sore o...
Thursday, April 01, 2010 Your foot may look deceptively simple, but it is actually incredibly complex. Each foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments, and in excess of 250,000 sweat glands. You put a force equal to several hundred tons ...
Monday, March 15, 2010 Are You at Risk for Diabetes?
You have an estimated one in 600,000 chance of being struck by lightning, a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer if you are a woman, and, for people born in the year 2000, a one in three chance of being diag...
Monday, January 11, 2010 Many reduced-calorie restaurant and packaged foods in the United States have more calories than indicated on their nutritional labeling, a new study reports.
Tufts University researchers analyzed 29 quick-serve and sit-down restaurant foods and fou...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 You probably know from experience that winter brings a surge in colds and flu. But did you know winter is also the season for heart attacks?
Frigid air causes blood vessels to constrict as the body tries to prevent heat loss, said Dr. Holly Anderse...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 You great-aunt Edna had red hair. All your cousins have brown eyes. Your father is six feet tall. Your uncle served in the military, and your brother is following in his footsteps. It usually is easy to track the physical or historical information a...
Monday, December 07, 2009 IntroductionAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, a brain disorder, among older people. Alzheimer’s affects the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. As many as 5.3 million Americans suffer from AD, in...
Friday, November 06, 2009 South Fulton Medical Center now has a special H1N1 Information Line that will provide you with information about the flu including: general information, symptoms, when to seek medical treatment and at-risk groups and vaccinations. The service offer...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 What is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that can affect you for the rest of your life. Asthma attacks can vary from mild to life-threatening. The disease is divided into two types, allergic (extrinsic) asthma, and non-allergic (intr...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005 What do dust, cats, peanuts, and cockroaches have in common? Believe it or not, they all can cause allergies. Allergies are one of the major causes of illness in the United States. In fact, up to 50 million Americans have some type of allergy. Wha...
Monday, August 02, 2004 Every Medicare beneficiary is different, and so are their prescription medicines and how they like to get help with their medical needs. That’s why Medicare is helping you get greater access to more affordable health care at prices you can afford, i...
Thursday, February 05, 2004 The attached PDF contains our Winter 2004 edition of Community Checkup, our community newsletter. Inside you'll find articles on Capsule Endoscopy Never Too Young for Heart Disease Know the Signs of a Heart Attack Join the Fight to Prevent...
Thursday, January 15, 2004 Many of us complain about needing to lose a few pounds, but for many Americans, excessive weight is causing some major health problems. Obesity has become a national epidemic. Today one in five Americans are considered to be obese. You may be co...
Thursday, January 15, 2004 Regular exercise is good for your body and when you’re pregnant, exercise may be especially important for you and your baby. Some women who have certain medical conditions may have to take special precautions during pregnancy, so check with your...
Thursday, January 08, 2004 Do your legs hurt when you walk? You may be experiencing intermittent claudication or pain while walking that is caused by an insufficient blood supply to the legs. Please join us on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. when Dr. Kenneth Menchion, vascular surgeon, dis...
Wednesday, January 07, 2004 You’re coughing, running a fever and ache all over. Is it a bad cold or the flu? Colds and flu are both highly contagious and have many symptoms in common, but the flu is a serious illness that may have life-threatening complications. Symptoms of ...
Friday, October 24, 2003 In case you missed seeing the Discovery Channel "Champions of Industry" segment featuring South Fulton Medical Center, click here....
Wednesday, October 08, 2003 The GI lab at South Fulton Medical Center now has the capability to examine and visualize the small intestine by means of a pill camera. Capsule endoscopy, also know as a pill camera, is an innovative diagnostic tool that allows the physician to exa...
Wednesday, July 30, 2003 East Point, GA (July 30, 2003) – South Fulton Medical Center broke ground today on what will be a new, advanced emergency department. Hospital officials, employees, members of the community and local government were on hand to witness this event....
There are many items throughout life that need to be replaced. Old tennis shoes, light bulbs. Maybe even a wardrobe. When one talks of replacement, it is not often that people discuss parts of their body. However, for hundreds of thousands of Americ...
TO: ALL PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH DISABILITIES AS THAT TERM HAS BEEN DEFINED BY 42 USC § 12102(2), INCLUDING THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE AN IMPAIRMENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS A MAJOR LIFE FUNCTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MOBILITY, H...
Heart and lung function appear to be intimately intertwined, so that even mild cases of chronic lung disease affect the heart's ability to pump blood, a new study finds.
"It suggests that a larger subset of heart failure may be due to lung dis...
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