In 2012, NCDs such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and respiratory diseases accounted for 68 percent of the world’s deaths. By 2030, NCDs are expected to become the most common causes of deaths globally.
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What can we do to improve our medical system? The $300 billion question.
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Whatever side of the political spectrum you fall on and however you feel about Obamacare, a bipartisan accepted fact is that healthcare in America costs too much. In the United States, we spend more money on healthcare per person ($8745 per person in 2012) than any other […]
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What are some healthy prescriptions for chronic pain?
Chronic pain is stressful; are exercise, acupuncture, and other alternatives options for you?
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Tobacco Use Epidemic Places Heavy Burden on Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Infectious and chronic diseases take a tremendous toll on the world’s population, but none takes a greater one than tobacco use, which represents the leading cause of death and disease.
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Nepal Earthquake: United in tragedy
It is hard to fathom that in a matter of seconds, an entire village could be turned into a heap of rubble. But that’s exactly what happened in Baruwa, a village in Nepal.
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Toni Morrison and Georgia
This week guest contributor PEARL MCHANEY, professor and dean at Georgia State University, explores the Georgia roots of novelist Toni Morrison.
Over the last several weeks, literary and major media outlets have eagerly discussed novelist Toni Morrison and her new book, God Help the Child, her eleventh. Morrison, who is 84, is not a southerner, yet the South, and even Georgia, are all over her books. While we may not exactly claim the Nobel Laureate of Literature as a Georgia writer, Morrison has significant Georgia roots and so, too, do many of her characters. We can recognize our stories in hers.
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A Long-Term Need: Nepal Earthquake Relief
We urge you to join with us in the recovery efforts in Nepal either by donating to MAP International or one of our trusted partners listed on CNN’s Giving List.
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What are the easiest vegetables for beginning gardeners?
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Last week, I wrote about Victory Gardens. I wished they’d make a comeback in the States, since the health benefits of gardens go beyond the simple nutritional value of the produce grown in them. Gardens, or rather the act of gardening, can help lower blood pressure, prevent […]
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How many ways can gardening improve your health?
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Google “nutritional benefits” and the first items that pop up are all veggies. Kale, mushrooms and beets all top the list. All those foods are good for you (save poisonous varieties of mushrooms!) but what’s missing from that list are the nutritional benefits of the place those […]
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Improving Health Data to Improve Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Each year, more than 50 million people die around the globe and for many, the actual cause of death is never recorded.
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Being first — how Jackie Robinson integrated professional baseball
This week guest contributor STAN DEATON, historian at the Georgia Historical Society, recalls Jackie Robinson’s extraordinary first season in the major leagues, nearly seventy years ago.
For most of us, being first is something we long for. Americans like being first in everything. But what if being first means having people hate your guts?
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Idyllic? Maybe. Resilient? Definitely. From the Front Lines of Cyclone Pam
Cyclone Pam has been a massive disaster for the people of Vanuatu. It has destroyed 15,000 homes, left much of the country without food or clean drinking water, and blown away around 90 per cent of the country’s crops.
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Stories that move us and make us — a tale of freed slaves who started their own community, schools, and businesses
Georgia is one of the oldest states in the country and holds many seminal stories, historic episodes, and unusual occurrences that have influenced the course of American history. But there are countless stories of brave and determined Georgians who have changed the course of their family’s or their community’s history, if not that of the nation.
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Less meat; more vegetables better for humans and our environment. Start a garden?
For the first time, the USDA guidelines consider the health of people and the environment. Since meat production leaves a massive carbon footprint, recommended meat consumption will be lowered.
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When God ‘Died’ in Atlanta
This week guest contributor Gary Hauk, vice president of Emory University and a Georgia Humanities board member, tells the story of the “God is dead” controversy, a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign, and the triumph of academic freedom.
On October 22, 1965, the Emory University board of trustees was meeting to plan a campaign to raise $25 million — the largest fund-raising effort in Georgia to that point. By coincidence, a Time magazine story in the October 22 issue focused on four young American theologians, including one from Emory’s Department of Religion named Thomas J. J. Altizer. What made these men’s thinking newsworthy was Altizer’s way of framing it: “We must recognize that the death of God is a historical event: God has died in our time, in our history, in our existence.”
In short order, this theology became known as the “death-of-God” movement.
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Tell Us a Story: Meeting Millennials Where They Are in Philanthropy
Millennials are changing the face of philanthropy as we long to connect to something bigger than ourselves within the communities in which we have ties.
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Ready to be proactive in the war against allergens?
By David Martin, President and CEO of VeinInnovations Spring started a couple weeks ago and the first major spring celebration, Easter, is around the corner. But one harbinger of spring beat both events to the punch: allergy season is back. In some parts of the country, allergy season 2015 started even before spring did on […]
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Georgia’s Critical Mass of Global Health Organizations Could Make Up a Statewide Alliance
The problems associated with a deadly disease like small pox are too large for any one person or organization to solve on its own. Coalitions are absolutely critical.
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Leveraging Your Home During Tax Season
At tax time, the financial benefits of being a homeowner become even more apparent with homeowners given substantial tax breaks
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Elimination of Malaria on Hispaniola Targeted with $29.9 Million Grant
Malaria has long been intertwined in world history, with characteristic malaria symptoms noted as far back as 2700 BCE. Unfortunately, malaria today remains a deadly disease.
