Small businesses are looking for solutions to high health costs as a state committee works on the idea of an insurance exchange. Read the full article: ajc.com
Month: October 2011
Marietta: Health clinic savings
A health clinic for City of Marietta employees is expected to save more than $500,000. Read the full article: Marietta Daily Journal
Valdosta: Interim CEO
Dr. Sammie Dixon will serve as the interim CEO at Smith Northview Hospital in Valdosta. Read the full article: Tifton Gazette
Oglethorpe: Unused meds
Oglethorpe will join a national initiative encouraging people to give unused prescriptions to officials instead of discarding them. Read the full article: Athens Banner-Herald
Carroll: Health care careers
Carroll County schools have a partnership with Tanner Health System where students learn life and work skills from the health system. Read the full article: Carrollton Times-Georgian
Dalton: Domestic violence
Georgia ranks sixth in the nation in the number of women murdered by men. Read the full article: Dalton Daily Citizen
Savannah: ‘Bath salt’ ban
Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team agents begin hand-delivering letters to stores about the state’s ban on ‘Spice’ and ‘bath salts.’ Read the full article: Savannah Morning News
The health toll of the housing crisis
People who fell more than two months behind in paying their mortgage reported more health problems than those who were not delinquent, a new study has found. The problems include depression and not taking regular medications due to their cost, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Carbon monoxide detectors
Carbon monoxide detectors can save lives, detecting fumes such as those that killed two men in Kennesaw. Read the full article: 11alive.com
Pill trafficker sentenced
The head of an oxycodone distribution ring in North Georgia is going to federal prison for 21 years. Read the full article: ajc.com