Residents will have a chance at a forum to comment on Georgia’s air quality plan for the Rome-Floyd County area. Read the full article: Rome News-Tribune
Month: April 2012
Groups match patients, clinical trials
A growing number of advocacy groups are playing matchmaker, linking patients to clinical trials.
Child abuse reporting change
Georgia lawmakers have widened the scope of the state’s list of people who are mandated by law to report signs of child abuse. Read the full article: Gainesville Times
Henry: Clinic settlement
The parents of a child who died after showing up at a Henry County urgent care facility with a broken arm have reached a settlement with the clinic. Read the full article: wsbtv.com
Austell: New senior center
Dozens of seniors join Cobb leaders to open the county’s newest senior center, which replaces a facility lost in a flood. Read the full article: Marietta Daily Journal
Health system fights obesity
Tanner Health System and the Community Foundation of West Georgia to launch a major initiative to reduce obesity and improve health. Read the full article: Carrollton Times-Georgian
Rome: Converting kids’ beds
Floyd Medical Center officials vote to spend $687,300 to convert 12 of the hospital’s pediatric beds for use by adults. Read the full article: Rome News-Tribune
Team approach may help fill gaps in primary care
The future of primary care can look downright frightening. Georgia and the rest of the nation already have a general shortage of obstetricians, internists, pediatricians and family medicine doctors, especially in rural and urban areas. And things are getting worse. The Health Resources and Services Administration forecasts a shortage of 65,000 primary care physicians in…
Life, death and booze — and Alcoholics Anonymous
“How do you know when an alcoholic woman consents to sex? She’s conscious,” said Kathy D., a comedian and alcoholic who tells self-deprecating jokes in her stand-up routine. Kathy is also a volunteer at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings at the Triangle Club in Atlanta. She comes to talk to participants every Saturday. The participants are…
Biotech progress in Ga.
With the Baxter plant, the state took a big step toward its goal of becoming a national leader in biosciences. Read the full article: ajc.com