- Health
Wise
- The
decision to conceive
By
GREGORY K. MOFFATT, PH. D
Child's Play
There
are many reasons why children are abused or mistreated, but one of them
is when people have children when they were either ill-prepared for
the responsibility or when they didn't want them at all.
Marie
Barnes visits SRMC for United Way kickoff
First
Lady Marie Barnes, children from Southern Regional Health System's (SRHS)
Child Care Center and more than 100 Clayton County citizens and community
leaders helped get the 2002 United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta/Clayton
County Campaign Kickoff up and running last week at Southern Regional
Medical Center Women's Life Center.
S.
Fulton offers free screenings and education in Sept.
South Fulton Medical
Center will host several free screenings and health education seminars
during the month of September. To register or for more information,
call 1-888-888-1872. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required.
All seminars and screenings will be held at South Fulton Medical Center
in the Medical Arts Building, 1136 Cleveland Avenue in East Point.
Local
businessman launches discount prescription Web site
After trying out
Harvard and finishing up school at the University of Pennsylvania's
Wharton School of Business, local resident Brad Stevens has returned
to Fayette County. With his uncle, a medical doctor, he launched CanadianDiscountDrugs.com
July 12.
Families
First now open in Fayetteville
A new outlet is
now available in Fayette County for people needing help with family-related
issues.
Staffing
service specializes in health industry
A
staffing service on the south side of Atlanta that specializes in health
care personnel is ready to help meet the needs of Fayette health-related
businesses.
Study
looks at Alzheimer's, hearing loss
Problem
behavior and hearing handicap in patients with Alzheimer's disease and
hearing loss were significantly reduced after they began wearing properly
fitted hearing aids as part of a unique in-home study conducted by audiologists
at the Center for Audiology of the UPMC Eye & Ear Institute and
in the Communication Science and Disorders Program at the University
of Pittsburgh
Give
your kids a healthy start back to school
As
the days get shorter and the sound of school bells fills the air, here's
a back-to-school checklist that will keep your kids healthy all year
long-and for many more to come. Studies show that healthy habits that
begin in childhood will likely last for a lifetime, and a healthy lifestyle
may result in a decreased risk for a number of diseases, including cancer.
What
parents should know about chicken pox
According
to a recent survey, parents of children aged 4 through 12 were more
reluctant to vaccinate their children against chickenpox compared to
several other childhood diseases. The survey of more than 1,000 parents
found that although 97 percent knew a chickenpox vaccine is available,
only 64 percent had taken action to protect their child. The same parents
reported vaccination rates of 90 percent or greater for other childhood
diseases. The findings suggest that parents' misperceptions about the
potential seriousness of chickenpox may be to blame.
Parents
rethinking head lice treatment options
Parents
in California will now have to search for an alternative in battling
head lice.
Study
promotes easy, effective treatment for lazy eye
Lazy
eye (amblyopia) is a common cause of visual impairment in children,
affecting an estimated 3 percent of children in the United States. Timely
and successful treatment for amblyopia in childhood can prevent lifelong
visual impairment. Treatment should be started when the child is young,
since amblyopia is more effectively treated in children under 7 years
old.
Bullying
poses serious health threat to many school children
Parents
urged to watch for signs, consult a professional for help.
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