Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia Executive Director Tabatha McGee on Wednesday appeared on Scripps Live, a national award-winning news program, concerning a recent FDA advisory committee decision giving preliminary approval to gene therapy to treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease. […]
The official launch of this statewide, life-saving effort took place this weekend at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ( FAMU ) with more than 100 interested students lining up for the free heart screenings. […]
State numbers show that a reported 7,441 Florida resident deaths this year have been linked to COVID-19 […]
Experts Advise Caution but Not Alarm […]
Much like long COVID, in which symptoms persist after a COVID-19 infection has cleared, other respiratory infections may continue to affect people who believe they are on the other side of a cold, researchers found. […]
While breast cancer incidence is now considered lower among Black women, they face significantly poorer outcomes, often developing more aggressive triple-negative breast cancers at a younger age. […]
“They’re yummy, and you don’t want to stop with one. Before you know it, it’s a really bad experience,” says Dr. Uma Dhanabalan, a family physician who is widely respected as an educator of cannabis and its therapeutic uses. […]
Everyone has heard the advice to “listen to your heart.” This holds true especially when it comes to heart conditions like hereditary transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (or hATTR-CM). It took years for me to get diagnosed. My body was telling me something was off – but at the time, I didn’t listen to it. Also, some doctors are not familiar with the disease. I saw six doctors before I was finally diagnosed with hATTR-CM – and my experience is not unusual. That’s why I’m so passionate about sharing my story. […]
MemorialHealthcare System has named Phil A. Wright, FACHE chief executive officer at Memorial Regional Hospital South. He joins a facility that was named one of the best rehabilitation hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report […]
…experienced major complications. As a result, Richmond was unable to join any TV series as a regular. The diagnoses led to Richmond becoming a spokesperson for early detection of cancer in his last years. In an interview with CBS, Richmond commented to the general public: […]
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