Healthy Living

A shortage of doctors continues in the state, limiting access to care throughout Georgia, especially in rural areas.

When the Asthma and Allergy Foundation released its annual Spring Allergy Capitals list, metro area allergy sufferers threw their discarded tissues in disgust. Atlanta ranked No. 72 on the list. (Up from No. 73 last year.)

Georgia Regents Medical Center is the first hospital in Georgia—and one of only 20 hospitals in the country—to be named an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. That gives the Augusta hospital serious bragging rights over its counterparts in metro Atlanta.

i was worried about the woman in the blue maxi dress, its hem so long she nearly tripped while selecting a stand-up paddleboard at Morgan Falls Overlook Park in Sandy Springs. But then she paddled out onto the glassy Chattahoochee River like a Venetian gondolier.

Forget the coffee or that whole hair-of-the-dog nonsense. Chinese scientists studied 57 drinks—ranging from herbal teas to sodas—and found the best way to ease hangover symptoms may be Sprite.

In the dark, no one can hear you scream. Or sweat, or grunt, or sob quietly.OK, so I’m paraphrasing the movie “Alien” here. But that seems pretty appropriate, given how slimy and disgusting I looked after a recent 45-minute indoor cycling class in the dark, loud, stadium-style studio at Flywheel in Buckhead.

More kids in the U.S. are "severely obese" and Georgia has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the country.

Everyone knows trees are good for the environment—plus they look really nice in your backyard. But a new study by the U.S. Forest Service and the Davey Institute says trees save lives. The report, which looked at ten urban areas, including Atlanta, found that urban trees and forests save an average of one life every year in major cities.

I didn’t see it coming, but when the other Honda crashed into the passenger side of my Civic it felt like an explosion inside my car. What had happened? Was I badly hurt? I didn’t know.

At a brand new natural wellness center in the Crabapple area of Milton, I took a bioenergetic assessment. You rest your hand on a mouse-like contraption and it's like a polygraph test where your body 'fesses up how it's out of whack.