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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand
fibers connect us with our fellow-men; and along those fibers, as
sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as
effects.
- Henry Melville
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Six essential qualities that
are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy,
wisdom, charity. - William Menninger
Naturally Fayette is a collaborative effort by a number of Fayette
County residents. Subjects run the gamut from Mother Nature to
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the latest recalls of foods, and products, plus warnings from the FDA,
CDC and other sources.
Parents and expectant parents are invited to attend
several informative classes offered by the Maternity Center at
Piedmont Fayette Hospital (PFH). For more information on the
Maternity Center at PFH, visit
www.fayettehospital.org. Community members are invited to take
part in the following classes:
Prepared Childbirth Class
- This course, recommended for women 20 to 28 weeks into pregnancy,
provides an eight hour childbirth education class that teaches mom and
her partner about what to expect during labor and delivery. The
instructor will discuss the stages of labor, relaxation, breathing
techniques, common concerns, comfort measures and much more.
Participants will need to bring two pillows and a blanket or towel.
The fee for the course is $85 and includes light refreshments. The
class will be held Saturday, Feb. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Dietary Conference Room on the ground floor of the hospital. To
sign-up call Link2Health toll-free at 1-866-900-4321. For more
information call 770-719-6305.
Breastfeeding
Basics - The Maternity Center at
Piedmont Fayette Hospital offers a 3 hour group participation
discussion on the benefits and how-to's of breastfeeding. This class
includes preparing for breastfeeding and getting started in the
hospital and at home, special situations and growing a breastfeeding
family. Best if done prior to delivery, but you are welcomed at any
time. Fathers and grandparents welcomed, and encouraged to attend
also. This class is offered on the second Saturday of March, May,
July, September, and November at 9 a.m. in the Conference Room C on
the third floor of the hospital's 1279 Building. To sign-up call
Link2Health toll-free at 1-866-900-4321. For more information call
770-719-6305.
Moms in Motion
- “Moms in Motion” is a fitness
program designed to prepare women for the physiological changes that
occur during pregnancy and postpartum. The class combines low impact
aerobics, toning exercises, relaxation and breathing techniques and
appropriate warm-ups/cool-downs perfect for both pregnant and
postpartum women. The program provides not only a safe and effective
exercise regime, but also provides valuable information on pregnancy,
postpartum and child safety. Participants may register for this
on-going program at any time during or after pregnancy. Classes are
held every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. in Suite 200 of
the Piedmont Fayette Hospital Fitness Center at 1250 Hwy 54 West.
Space is limited. The classes are FREE to fitness center members, $25
per month for non-members. Written approval from your physician is
required. For more information or to register, call 770-719-7290.
Maternity
Center Tours - The Maternity Center
at Piedmont Fayette Hospital (PFH) welcomes expectant mothers and
their families to take a tour of its new facility. The tour will be
offered on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. and March 8 from 12:30
until 1:30 p.m. The tour will provide information on the hospital's
approach to maternity care and how physicians and staff help new
mothers and their babies before and after delivery. Please meet in
the Maternity Center lobby (third floor, enter through the West
Entrance) and sign in. For more information call 770-719-6305.
Pertussis incidence has risen significantly
since an all time
low in 1976. Adults can suffer serious morbidity due to pertussis but,
importantly, can also pass the infection on to vulnerable infants and elderly
persons. - CDC
You
can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something
about its width and depth.- Evan Esar
Crohn's & Colitis (IBD)
Support Group - in association with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of
America (www.ccfa.org), Piedmont Fayette
Hospital hosts a monthly support group; 1279 Medical Building, Hwy. 54, 3rd
floor conference room B; educational, informative & support type meeting; 4th
Tuesday of each month; info, Mark and Lisa
Andrews, 678-817-5199, fayetteibdgrup@yahoo.com
Over a million people are living with HIV in the United States, with
African Americans and gay and bisexual men of all races remaining most
severely affected. - CDC
5/8/08 (Blogpost) Why, when there's no stigma
attached to getting treatment for any other combat injury, do troops
hesitate to step forward to get the mental health care they need?...
More
5/5/08 (Blogpost) Bring your mothers, daughters,
sisters, friends and neighbors to Piedmont Fayette Hospital’s
Conference Room C, on May 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for a special
tea time and panel discussion about women’s health...
More
Q. I have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. What can I do
to increase my chances of overcoming cancer?There is an increasing
trend in the U.S. towards integrative approaches to cancer. MD
Anderson and Sloan Kettering Memorial are...
More
4/27/08 (11:19 p.m.) In the
first national, standardized, publicly-reported survey of patient
satisfaction, Piedmont Fayette Hospital ranked third of 38 hospitals in
the Atlanta market. Piedmont Hospital ranked...
More
4/23/08 (9:00 p.m.) Childhood obesity is recognized as a major health
concern for our youth. On May 12, the public is invited to learn how even
small changes in weight can make a long term difference in their lives. Dr.
Dawson Jackson and Dr. Don Walden will speak on Breaking the Epidemic of
Childhood Obesity: It’s Long Term Effects and What Parents Can Do Now. The
free program begins at 7 pm at the PTC First Presbyterian Church in the
Youth Room. The presentation is for everyone, whether it is parents,
grandparents, teachers, or health professionals. First Presbyterian Church
is located in the heart of Peachtree City at 206 Willowbend Rd. For more
information, call 770-487-7757.
4/15/08 (Blogpost) Epilepsy affects 2.7 million Americans and
10 percent will experience a seizure sometime in their lifetime. Piedmont
Hospital’s Nicholas E. Davies Community Health Information Center invites
the community to attend its featured event...
More
4/6/08 (Blogpost) Damaged and paralyzed vocal cords
can be restored with use of a natural filler, similar to collagen, that
typically is used to plump lips or smooth wrinkles, say doctors at the
Emory Voice Center at Emory Crawford Long...
More
4/3/08 (Blogpost) Corneal transplants using tissue from
older donors have similar rates of survival to those using tissue from
younger donors, reports a nationwide study recently concluded at Emory Eye
Center and 79 other sites. The five-year transplant success rate...
More
3/21/08 (4:11 p.m.) “On the Road
Again” is coming to Atlanta! The unique free forum for people with ulcerative
colitis (UC) designed to help them better manage the many challenges of UC – an
inflammatory bowel disease that affects...
More
3/7/08 (Blogpost) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
today issued Warning Letters to six U.S. companies and one foreign
individual for marketing unapproved and misbranded drugs over the Internet
to U.S. consumers for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs)...
More
2/29/08 (Blogpost) Piedmont Fayette is expanding its cancer
services, and soon cancer patients can receive treatment closer to home.
Piedmont Fayette Hospital (PFH) has received approval to provide radiation
therapy. The Certificate of Need (CON) application for a linear
accelerator was recently....
More
2/17/08 (4:42 p.m.) ARA – While
the majority of Americans believe they are very or somewhat knowledgeable
about multivitamins (67 percent), many do not know which vitamins and
minerals are essential for the body or what vitamins and minerals are
responsible...
More
Diabetes Support Group Meeting
2/11/08 (11:03 p.m.) Come out and enjoy a coup of coffee
or other treat while listening to Kimberly Steinberg
speak on healthy eating. She will also bring samples of
a favorite recipe. Dr. Lerner, a Fayetteville
Chiropractor, will also speak on six ways to treat and
promote human health. Meeting will be February 24, 2008,
at 2pm at Coffee-n-Cones, 1200 Hwy 74S in Peachtree
City.
There are more than 1 million shingles cases
each year. With our aging population this number can be expected to rise. -
CDC
12/13/07 (2:04 p.m.)
Georgia is among a number of states whose vaccine supply has been affected by
the recent voluntary recall of 10 lots of Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)
vaccine and two lots of a combination of Hib and Hepatitis B vaccine. The
recall does affect the state’s vaccine supply but it does not have a negative
impact on the health of Georgia’s children...
More
12/6/07 (7:39 a.m.) Piedmont Hospital is currently enrolling cancer patients for
two promising clinical trials to prolong survival rates. Principal investigator
for both trials, Charles Henderson, M.D., oncologist, says advanced-stage liver
and kidney cancer patients now have reason...
More
Health Disparities Persist Among People with Disabilities
11/25/07 (12:06 a.m.) Smoking prevalence among people with disabilities is
nearly 50 percent higher than among people without disabilities (29.9 percent
vs. 19.8 percent), according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) in Preventing Chronic Disease. The study found that in
2004, smoking prevalence for people with disabilities is highest in Delaware
(39.4 percent) and lowest in Puerto Rico (16.5 percent)...
More
11/7/07 (3:29 p.m.) Yoga therapy appears to be safe for chronic heart failure
patients and may improve quality of life, exercise tolerance and inflammation
associated with adverse cardiovascular events, according to Bobby Khan, MD, PhD,
assistant professor of medicine, Emory University's School of Medicine...
More
11/7/07 (12:03 a.m.) A new study at Emory University shows
some slight diet changes can lead to significant improvements in an obese
person's cardiovascular health and even aid in repairing damage from the
past... More
11/2/07 (6:45 p.m.) Even though a historic drought grips the state, the
Georgia Division of Public Health, on behalf of the Drought Response Unified
Command, reminds residents to keep hydrated by drinking a steady and healthy
supply of water... More
10/25/07 The Fayette County Public School System tips the scales when
it comes to academics, the higher the numbers the better. But escalating numbers
isn't what the county wants to see when it comes to the weight of their
employees... More
10/24/07 When elderly nursing home residents contract pneumonia,
it is a blow to their already fragile health. Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD, of
the Jean Mayer USDA Human...
More
10/7/07
Servicemembers who lose limbs should be enabled to resume active duty,
according to the administrator of Walter Reed Army Medical Center's... More
According to 2003 data, children with at least one asthma
attack in the previous year (nearly 4 million children) missed a
cumulative total of 12.8 million school days due to asthma.
- CDC
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows
5/7/08 (Blogpost) Today Governor Sonny Perdue
signed Senate Bill 383 and House Bill 977 making High Deductable
Health Plans paired (HDHP) with Health Savings Accounts (HSA) more
affordable and available...
More
5/7/08 (Blogpost) NAPSI - Every day someone makes the decision
to save a life by becoming a marrow donor. It’s a step that can
save the life of the person who needs the marrow donation but it
also helps transform the lives of those who donate...
More
4/24/08 (Blogpost) U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today spoke on
the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to work together to address the
issues of health care cost, quality, coverage and accessibility and to
develop solutions that...
More
4/23/08 (Blogpost) Don't give up if you have diabetes! Many factors
contribute to the onset of diabetes, including genetic predisposition
and diet. But exercise and proper nutrition can help reduce the odds of
getting and the severity of this disease. Diabetes comes in two types,
Type I and Type II...
More
4/15/08 (Blogpost) Many men who receive microwave
therapy for enlarged prostates experience significant surges in blood
pressure that could raise their risk of a heart attack or stroke,
according to new research findings published recently in Mayo Clinic
Proceedings...
More
4/7/08 (Blogpost) Who knew staying healthy was so easy? The
role of exercise in helping to lower stress - and the subsequent
beneficial effects on health - has been widely studied. Most studies
carried out over the last 30 years agree: a continual high level of stress
has a number harmful effects on overall health. People who experience high
stress get more colds, suffer more digestive tract problems and have...
More
4/5/08 (Blogpost) If you struggle with ongoing
symptoms of chronic disease such as fatigue, pain, stress/anxiety,
muscle tension, difficult emotions or shortness of breath, there are new
techniques available to help you deal with these symptoms...
More
3/26/08 (Blogpost) The
Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a federal policy that
allows employers to reduce their health insurance expenses for retired
workers once they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare...
More
3/14/08 (Blogpost) People who consume a diet similar
to a Mediterranean diet tend to have lower levels of oxidative stress,
according to researchers at Emory University. The study findings were
presented March 14 at the American Heart Association's Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention...
More
3/7/08 (8:36 p.m.) Drug and alcohol use among the youth of our community is a
rapidly growing problem; one that is no longer confined to high school aged
youth. It is now spreading to middle schoolers and in some cases to
primary school aged children...
More
(Blogpost) Piedmont Hospital’s Nicolas E. Davies
Community Health Information Center invites the community to a free
heart screening and educational event on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 12:30
p.m...
More
1/23/08 (5:54 p.m.)
PRNewswire - USNewswire/ -- A team of engineers have
recently created a new framework upon which cartilage
tissue can be grown. The novel scaffold is porous, so
the fabric can be seeded with cells and...
More
1/17/08 (1:49 p.m.) Exposure to traffic pollution may increase respiratory
problems and reduce lung volumes in children with asthma, according to...
More
12/29/07 (2:31 p.m.) Emory's Winship Cancer Institute announced recently that
it is the first cancer facility in Georgia to provide prostate cancer patients
with... More
(ARA) 12/26/07 (4:30 p.m.) Every new year brings New Year’s
resolutions -- most of which are abandoned just a few weeks, and sometimes
even days... More
12/15/07 (9:18 p.m.)
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill are exploiting an "Achilles Heel" of brain tumors that may
selectively kill tumor cells while sparing surrounding brain tissue...
More
11/19/07 (9:58 p.m.) Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can
identify which patients will benefit more from undergoing percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) than... More
Hood
Avenue's Muffins for Moms Breast Cancer Awareness Summit
11/14/07 (10:06 a.m.) Hood
Avenue Primary School, Fayetteville, recently hosted "Muffins for Moms"
to educate women on the importance of early detection and treatment of
breast cancer. Attendees heard from teachers who had dealt with breast
cancer or who had family members touched by the 2nd leading cause of
cancer deaths in women. Other speakers included representatives from the
Fayette County Health Department and Piedmont Fayette Women's Imaging
Center. The Atlanta Bread Company generously supported the educational
event.
11/4/07 (8:20 a.m.) Flu vaccine delivered through
painless microneedles in patches applied to the skin could soon be an
alternative to delivery through hypodermic needles, according to... More
IBS is a functional bowel disorder
that affects nearly one in five American adults and accounts for
more than one of every 10 doctor visits. - Mayo Clinic
In Need of Prayer
A young boy called the pastor of a local "corner" church to ask the
pastor to come by to pray for his mother who had been very ill with the flu.
The pastor knew the family and was aware they had been attending another church
down the road. So the pastor asked, "Shouldn't you be asking Brother Simon
down the road to come by to pray with your mom?"
The young boy replied, "Yeah, but we didn't want to take the chance that he
might catch whatever it is that Mom has."
