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Are There Healthy, Green-Friendly Mouthwashes?
Many mainstream mouthwashes contain ingredients that you definitely don’t want to swallow, or even put down the drain. According to the Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia’s (EHANS’s) “Guide to Less Toxic Products”...
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Forsyth County Slugfest Supports Northside Babies
The Forsyth County Slugfest Tournament Committee recently presented more than $10,000 to Northside Hospital-Forsyth. The donation was used to purchase an interactive newborn simulator, SimNewB, which will help the more than 182 nurses and techs in Northside’s Women’s Center to maintain their neonatal resuscitation skills, refine critical-thinking skills and ultimately help improve neonatal outcomes during critical cases...
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Is it True That Asthma Rates in the U.S. Have Doubled in the Last Three Decades?
What's behind this troubling trend and what can we do to reverse it? Asthma is on the rise across the U.S., doubling since the 1980s. According to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), most people who develop asthma likely have a genetic predisposition but also probably experienced “critical environmental exposures during the first years of life.”...
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Northside Hospital Recognized By Leading GI Medical Society For Quality And Safety
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), a leading gastrointestinal (GI) medical society, has recognized Northside Hospital for promoting quality in GI endoscopy, by presenting the hospital with a Certificate of Recognition award...
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Time to Immunize for Back to School
The back-to-school bell will be ringing before you know it across much of Georgia, particularly as many school systems now observe a year-round calendar schedule. Some students will return to class as early as August 1...
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Better Business Bureau Advice on Keeping Pesky Bed Bugs at Bay and out of Your Home
It appears that the bed bug infestation has hit homes once again. These pesky little critters are not only latching onto your beds, but to your wallets as well. Some self-proclaimed bed bug eradicators are coming into your home with the intention to only take your money and not actually rid you of your critter problem.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Better Business Bureau are advising consumers on ways to ultimately prevent bed bug infestations...
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Northside Hospital Offers Free Prostate Cancer Screening for Men in Forsyth County
It’s estimated that nearly 7,000 men in Georgia, more than 80 men in Forsyth County, will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men. To help raise awareness of the disease, Northside Hospital, in collaboration with Georgia Highland Medical Services, is offering a free prostate cancer screening in Forsyth County in June
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Got a Mole? There is an App for That!
A groundbreaking innovation, SkinofMine.com now offers a low cost, minimal-wait, private dermatological solution to patients across the country—through a smart phone or computer...
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This Earth Day, Clean Up Indoor Air Pollution
This Earth Day, take care of the air pollution problem that could be making you and your family seriously ill. Radon is the most pervasive indoor air hazard in the United States, responsible for more than 21,000 deaths each year according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A simple test and, if needed, an affordable radon mitigation system could help keep your family safe and green...
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Children’s Dentistry and Saving Money
 A conservative specialists in children’s dentistry can save you a lot of dough by just doing the right things at the right time with the right stuff! 
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A is for Allergies in Atlanta
Residents of Cumming and North Metro Atlanta don’t really need an official pollen count to know when the allergy season reaches its peak. When the pollen count is high, it’s high – if you don’t feel it in your head, you can certainly see it if you look outside...
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What Wisconsin Predicts For Healthcare Reform
If you’d like a preview of what your medical care might look like after 2014, when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is fully implemented, take a look at schools in Wisconsin: they’re closed.
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Welcomes Community Advocates, Business Leaders to Forsyth/North Fulton Community Board
 Board seeks to promote Children’s New Forsyth Facility....
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Who is Accountable in Accountable Care Organizations?
We have created an underclass of people dependent on Medicaid...
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Meeting the Nutritional Needs of the Nation’s School Children
USDA has now released a proposed rule to enhance the quality of school meals by requiring more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat milk in our national school meals programs...
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Ten Questions to Ask Before Joining a Gym
If you’re pledging to lose some pounds this year by joining a gym, the Better Business Bureau recommends asking ten questions before signing on the dotted line...
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New Colon Cancer Survey Finds 7 out of 10 People Over the Age of 50 Forgo a Colonoscopy Due to Fear
6 out of 10 respondents seeking information on colonoscopy screening
rely upon the internet for guidance...
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Constitutional Liberty 1, ObamaCare 0!
Science under dictatorship becomes subordinated to the guiding philosophy of the dictatorship.
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Heart Screens for Teens Comes to Pinecrest on November 13
In reaction to the sudden heart-related death of Ryan Boslet, a 17-year-old Alpharetta athlete, Ultrascan, Inc., recruited cardiologists and echo technologists to work with its mobile ultrasound units, screening students’ hearts and detecting potentially fatal conditions. The next local screening is on November 13 at Pinecrest Academy...
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Northside Hospital Now Offers Genetic Counseling for Cancer in Forsyth
Northside has expanded its Hereditary Cancer Program to the Northside Hospital-Forsyth campus in Cumming.  The Program offers genetic testing and counseling for patients, who may be at risk for genetically influenced cancers, including breast, ovarian and colorectal cancer...
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Empower Your Life Through Subconscious Change!
Marian Massie C.L.H. is the founder and CEO of Advanced Perceptions Inc and has been in private practice since 1985. As a clinical Hypnotherapist/Success Coach, her focus is on business and personal development...
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Northside Hospital Offers Free Stroke Screenings
Whether you are a man or woman, no matter your race, in the prime of life or enjoying your golden years, you may be at risk for a stroke. The best protection you can take is to know your personal risk...
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Northside Hospital Hosts Community Blood Drives
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood, according to the American Red Cross. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day...
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Veggin Out (Side) on Earth Day
Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is still celebrating, now more than ever before we’re all looking to do our part to protect out planet. While climate change is said to be the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity to get actively involved and for each of us –individually- to do something productive to contribute to this marked occasion...
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Georgia Meth Project Releases Results of Statewide Meth Use & Attitudes Survey
The Georgia Meth Project today released the results of a first-ever statewide survey examining the attitudes and behaviors that Georgia teens, young adults, and parents have toward methamphetamine.  The survey found that 35% of teens see little or no risk in trying Meth, and 23% see little or no risk in using the drug regularly. Twenty percent of Georgia teens (20%) and 34% of young adults report that Meth is easy to get...
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Georgia Physician Assistants Join the Fight Against Obesity in Georgia
An apple a day can keep the physician assistant away … by ultimately keeping a whole host of scary diseases and conditions at bay. While apples are just a small picture of the many fruits, vegetables, grains and lean meats that make up a healthy diet, members of the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants are seeking to spread the knowledge of the importance of healthy eating to all state residents, particularly citizens making up our future generations
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Northside Hospital offers Convenient Mammogram Screenings throughout North Atlanta
Throughout the year, Northside Hospital offers convenient mammogram screenings and breast health education through ScreenAtlanta, Northside’s mobile mammography van, at Kroger stores across North Atlanta. Participants must meet American Cancer Society and Northside Hospital screening guidelines to qualify and appointments are required. Insurance can be filed...
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“Heartscreens for Teens” Comes to Pinecrest Academy on March 6, 2010
Pinecrest Academy junior, Matthew Farkas, was diagnosed with HCM, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy this past fall. This heart disease is the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes and would have undoubtedly resulted in the death of this 16 year-old athlete if not properly diagnosed. The “Screens for Teens” initiative offers the same test that Matthew had at the cardiologists, which detected this serious heart disease...
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The Georgia Lyme Disease Association is Pleased to Officially Announce the Publication of our New Website: www.GeorgiaLymeDisease.org
When it comes to tick-borne illnesses, our mission at the Georgia Lyme Disease Association is to urge citizens in Georgia and across the Southeast to take preventative measures seriously. We want folks to learn to recognize the early signs and symptoms of these often misunderstood, grossly underreported diseases...
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Children’s Dentistry Educates More Than 10,000 Students during Dental Health Month
Every February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month. During this time, Children’s Dentistry becomes heavily involved in the community to raise awareness of the importance of oral health for children by conducting dental health presentations in schools and daycares. More than 10,000 kids will have Children’s Dentistry present to them this February and learn about proper oral hygiene...
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