- Healthwise
- Flu
vaccine shortages and delays expected
- Many Fayette County
residents are aware of the yearly flu clinics provided by Health Department
staff at the clinic, and at numerous sites (i.e. schools, industry,
etc.) throughout the county.
- Georgia's
organ waiting list above 1,000 for first time
- Georgia marked
another milestone this summer, according to the July 29 statistics released
by the United Network of Organ Sharing.
- Tips
for bike safety
- Back-to-school
season is here and that means kids are not only biking for recreation,
but they are also using their bikes for travel to school and back home.
Proper precautions and awareness are important to reduce potential risks
of injury, and guarantee a safe, enjoyable ride.
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- Awareness,
early detection key in fighting breast cancer
- Breast Cancer is
the leading contributor to cancer deaths in women age 15-54, although
48 percent of new breast cancer cases and 56 percent of breast cancer
deaths occur in women age 65 and over.
- Praise
for the good kids
- My friend Maurice
said something to me a few weeks ago that reminded me of something very
important. We don't give good kids enough praise.
- Just
how noisy are those restaurants?
- One of the most
common hearing problems we hear about is the difficulty of hearing in
noisy restaurants. It seems that along with movies, television shows
and the world in general, restaurants have become noisier than ever.
Loud background music, the clatter of silverware and dishes, the voices
of other diners raising their voices to be heard all can make
the restaurant setting a challenging and frustrating place to carry
on a conversation.
- Time
to check and control cholesterol
- Want to live longer
and healthier? Avoid America's number one killercoronary heart diseaseby
keeping high cholesterol at bay.
- Surviving
allergy season
- Eyes itchy? Nose
stuffed up or runny? Sneezing? If you're one of the 35 million Americans
who suffer from hay fever, you don't need a pollen meter or weather
person to tell you that fall is another allergy season.
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- Sleep
safe and (without a) sound
- Snoring it's always
good for a laugh in cartoons, commercials, and situation comedies. You
might think you don't snore, but the person lying next to you or on
the other side of the hotel wall may be up half the night! In real life,
snoring is no joke.
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- We've
come far from colonial dentistry
- Dentistry has come
a long way in the brief history of America, since the first colonies
were established, according to the Academy of General Dentistry, an
according of general dentists dedicated to continuing education.
- Oral
health more important as women age
- With more than
half of all women who reach age 50 in 2000 living to at least 80, lifelong
oral health care is more important than ever, according to the Academy
of General Dentistry
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