Pink Tadpoles are Stylin' For The Cure

Jennifer Von Powell is a busy homeschooling mother of five, whose mother and aunt are both breast cancer survivors. She and her husband Luke started Pink Tadpoles ...
Jun 16, 2007

MU Researchers Find Mechanisms that May Unlock Answers to Alzheimer’s Disease

Jun 15, 2007

What to Wear to a Summer Wedding

An outdoor summer wedding is romantic, but it can cause panic with wedding guests trying to decide what to wear. Here, a guide to summer wedding attire
Jun 8, 2007

CT Scan Creates 3D Breast Images Without Using Compression

ammography and Breast MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) are diagnostic screening tests. These imaging systems are used for screening and detecting breast conditions including breast cancer.
Jun 7, 2007

What Is Your Experience With Avandia?

Last week, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Avandia (rosiglitazone) may possibly lead to heart attacks and even death from cardiovascular causes.
Jun 7, 2007

How to Protect Your Camera While Traveling

You've spent your hard-earned money on that cool new digital camera. You are traveling in a strange city, hoping to get great pictures for your photo album. Be sure you return home with the camera, and those pictures, intact.
Jun 7, 2007

Top 9 Best Sunscreens

Many people incorrectly assume dry skin leads to wrinkles and that moisturizers can prevent them. Not true. Research shows 90 percent of wrinkles are caused by the sun's UVA light and sun damage is the #1 cause of premature aging in women and men
Jun 4, 2007

Heat Illness

Athletes are especially prone to heat illness in the months of July and August. Heat illness is a life threatening, medical emergency that can be prevented if you follow some basic guidelines, and are aware of its signs and symptoms. There are three major types of heat illness, each with specific symptoms and treatments.
Jun 4, 2007

Gene Thought to Assist Chemo May Help Cancer Thrive

A gene thought to be essential in helping chemotherapy kill cancer cells, may actually help them thrive. In a new study of chemo patients, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ovarian Cancer Institute found that 70 percent of subjects whose tumors had mutations in the gene p53 were still alive after five years
Jun 3, 2007

Georgia Chapter of The National Trail of Tears Association

The Trail of Tears Association (TOTA) is a non-profit, membership organization formed to support the creation, development, and interpretation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. In 1987, Congress designated a national historic trail commemorate the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838 - 1839.

The Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association is one of nine state chapters which have been chartered to assist the Trail of Tears Association with its many tasks.

Each chapter has its own board of directors, including officers. This body organizes the chapter for meetings, research, and activities. Activities of the Georgia Chapter include documenting site inventories relating to the Cherokee people and the Trail of Tears.

Jun 2, 2007

Eye on Gainesville

ccording to a study by the United States Army, one in eight soldiers returning from war in Iraq suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the June edition of Eye on Gainesville Catiel Felts talks with Dr. Bill Carr, the newest member of the counseling and psychotherapy services division of the Community Service Center, about special services being offered to veterans and their families.
May 24, 2007

Quality Growth Expert to Speak at Upcoming Henry Council for Qualty Growth Meeting

Dr. Catherine L. Ross, the director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD), will present "Sustainability, Mobility and the Megaregion” with members of the Henry Council for Quality Growth at the next luncheon meeting Wednesday, May 16, at 11 a.m.
May 15, 2007

National Non-profit, Golfers Against Cancer, Donates $35,350 To Ovarian Cancer Institute

OCI Hand-Picked by Organization as Local Beneficiary
May 13, 2007

Ovarian Cycle 4th Annual Ride to Change the Future

Set for April 28, 2007 at Midtown Athletic Club at Windy Hill
More than 100 Cyclists Have Raised $94,808 for Research Dedicated to Finding
Early Detection Tool for Ovarian Cancer
Apr 24, 2007

Redeem Brings Advanced Recycling and Fundraising Programs to U.S.

Kicks Off with April United Way Phone Recycling Drive
Apr 23, 2007