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|By Ivanhoe Newswire
One in five heart attacks are silent, meaning blockage of blood flow to the heart starts and the person is completely unaware.
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Every year, almost 800,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke, that comes out to about every 40 seconds, someone’s life is changed.
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Updated: 22 hours ago
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Returning to the workforce can be challenging for stay-at-home moms.
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Updated: 24 hours ago
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It’s not uncommon for it to take up to two years for grads to find a fit.
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Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 2:49 PM EDT
|By Ty Grant
The free 3-D mammograms will be provided to the first 100 eligible women who make appointments at the Carlton Breast Health Center.
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Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Last year marked the ninth year in a row of record-setting liver transplantations.
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Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
An ACL tear is one of the most common knee injuries in the U.S., with between 150,000 and 200,000 occurring each year.
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Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT
|By Jim Wallace
The organization has a substance abuse facility in Valdosta that serves women with substance abuse and their children.
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Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 11:16 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
A recent landmark study, social connection can be just as important as a prescription pill.
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Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 11:15 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Sickle-cell disease affects one hundred thousand Americans, whose blood cell shape resembles a crescent-moon, instead of being round and healthy.
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Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Each year 30 thousand people are officially diagnosed with Lyme disease.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 11:10 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Generation Z was born between 1995 and 2012, which puts some of them in their early twenties, and these young adults have taken the workplace by storm
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By WALB News Team
Learn about early prevention and advancements in the treatment of cancer from doctors at local South Georgia hospitals on WALB's latest addition of Healthcare Today.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:34 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Five out of six children will develop painful ear infections by their third birthday.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 10:31 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest type of cancer, and 52,000 more deaths are expected in 2023.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than 90 percent of the world’s population has been exposed to unhealthy air, and almost seven million deaths globally were related to air pollution
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
“Un-retirement” is a term that describes someone who has returned to work after being retired
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM EDT
|By Abby Kousouris
Rural counties like Stephens County face a unique set of obstacles in tackling recovery treatment. Centers are far apart and there’s no public transportation.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than 200 drugs are now facing a critical nationwide shortage, including penicillin and amoxicillin, two widely used antibiotics.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2023 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Of the 45.3 million people who smoke, each metabolizes nicotine at a different rate of speed.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2023 at 11:16 AM EDT
|By Bridget Spencer
The CDC recommends the shot for people 6 months and older.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Jim Wallace
Getting the new COVID vaccine is going to be something that is important to protect against the new COVID variant.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 12:25 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
If you suspect your child’s mental health is suffering, you may want to seek professional help. With ways to help teens with social media.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2023 at 12:12 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Numerous studies show a strong correlation between a positive doctor-patient relationship
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
September 18th kicks off Falls Prevention Week and we want to share some simple things you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones from falling at home.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 11:28 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Industrial automation, the launch of the internet, and now AI technology like Chat GPT keeps changing how people do their jobs.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:09 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Early-stage Alzheimer’s patients who received the medication had a 27 percent reduction of amyloid beta plaque
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:08 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than three million middle and high school students vaped in 2022.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 12:16 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Sunday, September 10th is National Grandparent’s Day
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Hispanic Heritage Month is a time when music, cuisine, and rich traditions intertwine
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 7:28 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Ketamine is a powerful medication, used as a sedative since the 1970′s. But it’s seldom been used with traumatic brain injuries in children, because for years, it was thought to raise intracranial pressure inside the skull.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Fallon Howard
“It gives us the opportunity to do some new procedures that we weren’t doing before."
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Experts say only 25 percent of people are alive five years after diagnosis.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Karli Barnett
COVID vaccines may become an annual shot similar to the flu, says an infectious disease expert at Emory.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 10:22 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
The nursing profession is facing an unprecedented crisis as the healthcare industry grapples with a severe shortage of nurses.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 10:17 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
There’s a growing concern among pediatricians and pharmacists about the overuse of antibiotics in children.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 1:10 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Women earn almost half the PhD’s awarded in this country, but they account for only about 12 percent of patented inventions
Updated: Sep. 7, 2023 at 11:34 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Changing the future for foster kids
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Gabrielle Taite
The clinic is Saturday, Sept. 9 at St. Paul's Baptist Church.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
For the first time, doctors have been able to perform a life-saving heart procedure on one of the smallest infants in the nation.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
The seven disks that run from the base of the skull to the top of the shoulders
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 10:46 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
One in five people in the US will develop skin cancer by the time they are 70 years old, making it the most common type of cancer
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
From monitoring blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes to undergoing mammograms, PSA screenings, pap tests, HIV tests and skin cancer examinations
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 8:11 PM EDT
|By Alicia Lewis
Tift Regional Medical Center is seeing an uptick in outpatient COVID numbers.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 12:09 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Over 300 million daily meetings are held on Zoom and 89 percent of Zoom meetings used are for work
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than one in six Americans are in therapy, and with rates of depression and anxiety increasing in the US, the demand for therapists is skyrocketing.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:44 AM EDT
|By Fallon Howard
“Don’t be scared to tap into those resources, don’t be scared to talk to someone, because one conversation can save a life.”
Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
Bariatric surgery has been shown to be the most effective way for people with obesity to lose weight
Updated: Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
New York and Nashville researchers studied blood cell mutations in 9/11 first responders
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By Ivanhoe Newswire
More than five and a half million kids have a food allergy