Health Information


Thanks for visiting our Health Information page. The Savannah CW wants all of our viewers (and everyone else too, for that matter) to live healthy lifestyles. Through partnerships with St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital (see their video to the right) and others, we hope to help encourage healthy living.

Also check out the AJC's Health News feed below. It updates several times a day so keep checking back.

A closer look at macular dystrophy

Fox News pundit Glenn Beck's announcement that he is losing his vision shed light on an eye condition rarely discussed.

Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 12:41

Grady doctor reappointed to national advisory council

Dr. Jeffrey P. Salomone, deputy chief of surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital,  has been reappointed to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council by U.S.

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 17:12

Mike Wood of Milledgeville loses 48 pounds

Former weight : 
238 pounds Current weight: 
190 pounds Pounds lost: 48 Height: 5 feet 10 1/2 inches How long he’s kept it off : He started in August 2009 and met his goal
in November; he set a new goal and met that in May.

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 16:36

Finding fitness in a fattening world

The best formula for weight loss is and always has been consuming fewer calories and burning more of them through exercise.

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:42

Yolanda Adams brings hypertension message to Atlanta

Grammy-winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams will bring her hypertension awareness campaign to Atlanta this weekend.

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 09:17

Snack attack: Schools try to get the junk out

SAN FRANCISCO - It's not hard to figure out that stocking school vending machines with sugary sodas and salty, fatty snacks is a bad idea.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 15:14

Proponents say raw foods deliver healing enzymes, nutrients

Jack Woods plans to stay healthy and alive by eating more foods that are, he says, healthy and alive.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 14:25

Some preventive care to have no out-of-pocket cost

WASHINGTON - From counseling for kids who struggle with their weight, to cancer screenings for their parents, preventive health care will soon be available at no out-of-pocket cost under consumer rules the Obama administration unveiled Wednesday.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 12:05

Alice Ann Hamilton, 79: Former DeKalb educator "got her life back" at Emory cardiac program

Alice Ann Hamilton had always walked for exercise. In 1991 those walks, and physical exercise in general, took on new meaning after the retired  DeKalb County educator suffered a heart attack.

Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 15:33

Atlanta-based CDC at center of new U.S. HIV/AIDS strategy

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Tuesday released a national strategy aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 25 percent over the next five years, giving the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a lead role in the rollout of the plan.

Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 16:51