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Health Highlights: July 26, 2022​
Health Highlights: July 26, 2022​
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Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb Among U.S. Kids, Teens
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Spouse Getting Weight Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
Spouse Getting Weight Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
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Is the War Against COVID Variants Won in the Nose?
Is the War Against COVID Variants Won in the Nose?
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Spouse Getting Weight-Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
Spouse Getting Weight-Loss Surgery? Your Marriage Might Be in Trouble
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Hair Loss, Impotence Join List of Long COVID Symptoms
Hair Loss, Impotence Join List of Long COVID Symptoms
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AHA News: She Was Being Treated for Her Lungs, But the Problem Was Her Heart
AHA News: She Was Being Treated for Her Lungs, But the Problem Was Her Heart
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COVID Reinfections Are Now Common. Will Getting a Booster Even Help?
COVID Reinfections Are Now Common. Will Getting a Booster Even Help?
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WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
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Neighborhood Factors Could Raise Your Child's Odds for Asthma
Neighborhood Factors Could Raise Your Child's Odds for Asthma
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Health Highlights: July 25, 2022​
Health Highlights: July 25, 2022​
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Kids Can Get Long COVID, Too
Kids Can Get Long COVID, Too
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Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave
Helping Older Loved Ones in a Heat Wave
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High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe
High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe
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Most Post-Stroke Depression Still Goes Untreated
Most Post-Stroke Depression Still Goes Untreated
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It's Hurricane Season, So Get Your Storm Medical Kit Together
It's Hurricane Season, So Get Your Storm Medical Kit Together
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Summer Swim? Watch Out for 'Swimmer's Ear'
Summer Swim? Watch Out for 'Swimmer's Ear'
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When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
When Genes Raise a Mom's Risk for Cancer, Is It OK to Tell Kids?
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Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care
Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care
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Salmonella Linked to Pet Turtles Has Hospitalized 5, CDC Says
Salmonella Linked to Pet Turtles Has Hospitalized 5, CDC Says
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AHA News: The Day Before a Checkup, His Heart Stopped
AHA News: The Day Before a Checkup, His Heart Stopped
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First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York
First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Reported in New York
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Go Bananas for Female Heart Health
Go Bananas for Female Heart Health
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Heatwave Alert: Stay Safe in Searing Temps
Heatwave Alert: Stay Safe in Searing Temps
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Gene Therapy Makes Inroads Against a Form of Hemophilia
Gene Therapy Makes Inroads Against a Form of Hemophilia
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3 Key Changes Could Make Roads Safer for Older Pedestrians
3 Key Changes Could Make Roads Safer for Older Pedestrians
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Health Highlights: July 22, 2022​
Health Highlights: July 22, 2022​
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Biden Administration Announces New Division to Deal With Pandemics
Biden Administration Announces New Division to Deal With Pandemics
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Keytruda Extends Survival for Women With an Aggressive Breast Cancer
Keytruda Extends Survival for Women With an Aggressive Breast Cancer
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Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks
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Biden Tests Positive for COVID
Biden Tests Positive for COVID
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Childbirth Now Costs Nearly $3,000 for Insured Americans
Childbirth Now Costs Nearly $3,000 for Insured Americans
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AHA News: How to Take Care of Kids When a Natural Disaster Strikes
AHA News: How to Take Care of Kids When a Natural Disaster Strikes
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Exercise, Puzzles, Games: They Help Men's, Women's Brains Differently
Exercise, Puzzles, Games: They Help Men's, Women's Brains Differently
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FDA to Take a Hard Look at Its Food, Tobacco Programs
FDA to Take a Hard Look at Its Food, Tobacco Programs
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Post-Workout Sauna Might Boost Your Health Even More
Post-Workout Sauna Might Boost Your Health Even More
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Raw Meat Diet May Have a Downside for Dogs
Raw Meat Diet May Have a Downside for Dogs
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COVID in Late Pregnancy Ups Odds for Preterm Birth
COVID in Late Pregnancy Ups Odds for Preterm Birth
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Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
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Dogs' Keen Sense of Smell May Help Them 'See'
Dogs' Keen Sense of Smell May Help Them 'See'
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Health Highlights: July 21, 2022​
Health Highlights: July 21, 2022​
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Common Lung Function Test Often Misses Emphysema in Black Patients
Common Lung Function Test Often Misses Emphysema in Black Patients
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Freeze-Dried Organic Blueberries Recalled Due to Lead Levels
Freeze-Dried Organic Blueberries Recalled Due to Lead Levels
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Won't Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors
Hormone Replacement Therapy Won't Raise Recurrence Rate for Breast Cancer Survivors
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Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
Regular Screening Pays Off for People at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
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AHA News: Rethink What You Thought You Knew About COVID-19 Reinfection
AHA News: Rethink What You Thought You Knew About COVID-19 Reinfection
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CDC Backs COVID Vaccine From Novavax
CDC Backs COVID Vaccine From Novavax
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Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?
Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?
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COVID Often Joined by Heart Disease, Diabetes
COVID Often Joined by Heart Disease, Diabetes
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U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
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CDC Stops Tracking COVID Cases on Cruise Ships
CDC Stops Tracking COVID Cases on Cruise Ships
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Lonely Childhoods Make Adult Drinking Problems More Likely
Lonely Childhoods Make Adult Drinking Problems More Likely
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In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, all Piedmont Orthopedics | OrthoAtlanta offices, including physical therapy offices, MRI, and Surgery Centers in Austell and Fayetteville will be CLOSED on Friday, July 4, 2025.
We will resume normal business hours on Monday, July 7.