Many Georgians with cystic fibrosis miss out on life-changing help

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcUzFlk4VKg[/youtube]Ethnic minorities, low-income individuals and those who live in rural areas may be missing out on early diagnosis and state-of-the-art treatments for cystic fibrosis, according to Emory University researchers. That’s a serious problem because such measures can both lengthen and improve life. Heel-stick tests for newborns have been around for more than 50 years, and…

At Easter Seals, ‘every single life has potential’

This is the eighth in a series of articles about health care in Southwest Georgia, an area of the state that has great health needs and challenges, but also some innovative approaches to such problems. The series is the product of a collaboration between Georgia Health News and the health and medical journalism graduate program at UGA…

What’s the wisest approach to ‘smart pills’?

The CBS program “Limitless” is one of the hottest crime dramas on American television right now. Based on a movie of the same name, the series dramatizes what happens when the main character takes a pill that gives him access to every neuron in his brain. This allows him to recall every memory he has…