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The Quiet Strain: How Digital Habits Are Reshaping Back Health
Digital devices are woven into daily life, from work tasks and communication to entertainment and relaxation. While their convenience is undeniable, extended screen time has introduced subtle physical consequences that often go unnoticed until discomfort becomes persistent. Back pain linked to digital device use is increasingly common across age groups, driven less by sudden injury and more by repeated posture stress over time.
From Scheduling To Follow-Up: The Full Lifecycle Of A Medical Appointment
A medical appointment may seem like a simple event, but behind every visit is a series of coordinated steps that shape patient experience and clinical outcomes. Each part of the journey, from scheduling to follow-up, plays an essential role in ensuring patients receive timely, accurate, and compassionate care. Understanding this lifecycle can help healthcare organizations strengthen communication, reduce delays, and support a smoother experience for patients and staff.
How Detox Helps Your Body Heal from Substance Abuse
We cover a lot of topics on Healthworks Collective including issues that affect long-term physical and emotional well-being, and detoxification is one of the most misunderstood parts of recovery. You often see people view detox as a simple reset, yet its role in helping the body heal from substance abuse reaches far deeper.
Why Healing Spaces Depend On Healthy Building Systems
Healthcare environments are designed to support recovery, comfort, and safety. Yet the experience of healing goes beyond medical equipment and patient care. The systems that manage air quality, temperature, lighting, water, and acoustics play a vital role in how patients heal and how clinicians perform their work. When these systems are overlooked or poorly maintained, the environment can undermine the very outcomes it aims to support. Clean air is essential in any clinical setting.
Myth Vs. Reality: Debunking Common Misconceptions About Spinal Decompression Therapy
You might not realize, but spinal decompression therapy isn’t about enduring pain; it’s about alleviating it. Despite common misconceptions, this treatment doesn’t involve any bone-crushing procedures. Instead, it gently stretches the spine, changing its force and position to help relieve back pain. But that’s not all. When explored further, the therapy reveals a host of unappreciated benefits and surprising facts that might just change your perspective.
What Happens After You Donate Your Body To Science?
Driven by a deep commitment to progress, countless individuals each year make the remarkable choice to donate their bodies to science upon their passing. This selfless act fuels advancements across a vast spectrum of medical fields.
How Does Trauma Impact Your Nervous System?
We have talked about some of the physical responses to trauma, but it can have huge psychological effects as well. Trauma is a complex experience that leaves a mark on individuals psychologically and physiologically. The repercussions of trauma extend far beyond the initial event, infiltrating the very core of our nervous system. An individual who has experienced trauma may sometimes not even realize how deeply they are impacted by what they’ve experienced.
What to Look for in Personal Injury Lawyers When You Have Major Medical Bills
Medical bills can be debilitating for countless Americans. It is estimated that around 9% of all Americans have some medical debt. Even worse, 11 million people . Resources and TeamCommunication SkillsClient-Centered ApproachTransparency and FeesConclusion A growing number of people suffer from injuries every year. The good news is that a qualified personal injury lawyer can help you get the compensation that you need to cover your medical costs.
Urgent Care in Downers Grove: Meeting Community Health Care Needs
Urgent care centers play a very important role in the healthcare system. Over What Is Urgent Care?ConvenienceAccessibilityAffordabilityComprehensive CareInforming the CommunityUsing the InternetFinal Thoughts Downers Grove, Illinois, a thriving suburban community just west of Chicago, has witnessed a budding transformation in healthcare provision over the past few years.
Opinion: Black men, please show up at the polls -- for every election
These numbers should remind us all – particularly Black men – of the importance of upholding your civic duty by casting your ballot. The 2016 elections were almost at hand when my wife casually asked one of our son’s visiting friends who he planned to choose at the polls.
Committed to diversity and inclusion
Each day, the journalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution work to do something remarkable: inform and empower our readers with real, rigorous, in-depth journalism. The work matters. What also matters to us is our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive newsroom.
U.S. Insurance Companies Must Now Cover PrEP With No Cost-Sharing
The Biden administration has directed the companies to not charge copays or deductibles for medicine, labs, or office visits. July 20 2021 1:05 PM EDT In a massive move, the Biden Administration has released a new guidance that directs most health insurance companies to offer pre-exposure prophylaxis to beneficiaries at no cost. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a medicine taken to prevent at-risk communities from contracting HIV.
'Drag Race's A'keria C. Davenport Just Revealed Why She Transitioned
Drag Race's A'keria C. Davenport Just Revealed Why She Transitioned The star previously told audiences she once lived her life as a trans woman. July 16 2021 1:50 PM EDT If you're not following the queens, you're only getting half the story. In the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, the queens got real and began revealing things about themselves as a part of the Pink Table Talk maxi challenge.
Opinion: Giving voice to solutions for violence
I’m writing today from my own viewpoint rather than the institutional voice of the Editorial Board on an issue that is personal to me. Crime, both petty and violent at times, has shadowed my life’s existence, as it has for too many others. If that hasn’t been your experience, you’re blessed. I grew up in a city with a homicide rate that’s often the nation’s highest. When I looked this week, the numbers placed it among the 15 or 20 deadliest cities in the world.
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Dodgers protect 4 prospects from 2020 Rule 5 Draft
Zach Reks. Photo by: Stacie Wheeler In my Rule 5 Draft protection post from a fewer than two weeks ago, I wasn’t sure exactly who the Dodgers would protect. I thought Omar Estevez was the most likely, with Gerardo Carrillo to follow. The deadline came and went yesterday, and the Dodgers protected four players: Carrillo, Andre Jackson, Zach Reks and Edwin Uceta.
Opinion: A welcomed first step toward justice
Not again, I thought while reading the first AJC story about the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County. I was not surprised that it took two-plus months for arrests to come of two men and filing of murder charges in the case. This only after the GBI was rightly called in. And, as news continues to unfold, I’m not shocked that areas of gray seem to be emerging in a story that people might choose to see as being purely black or white.
Opinion: Ga. Senate should’ve led by example
During these uncertain times, people should be able to look to our government for sound leadership and information. After all, government has unparalleled access to public health experts who are scrambling to deal with this pandemic. Part of that work is leading by example. But the Georgia Senate has already stumbled significantly.
Opinion: In praise of senior care progress
Given the necessity of better safeguarding Georgia’s vulnerable seniors, it’s very encouraging that the Georgia Legislature seems to be striding deliberately toward passing legislation targeting our shortcomings in oversight of senior care. We urge lawmakers to maintain their resolve to achieve comprehensive solutions this year.
Opinion: Should Ga. legalize sports betting?
The concept is familiar to any sports fan who’s made a friendly cash wager on a game or workplace sports betting pool. Take the popularity of those endeavors and marry them with today’s ubiquitous technology at our fingertips and it’s understandable why sports betting has become a growing,multibillion-dollar industry. Sports wagering is also illegal in most states, including Georgia.
2020 MLB Draft Guide: Farm Report: Cincinnati Reds
The Reds are generally one of the teams that continue to fly under the radar even when they make big splashes in the off-season like they’ve done the past couple of years. They’ve also been busy bolstering their farm system through trades and draft picks as well. It hasn’t fully come to fruition just yet, as you can see from the rankings, but the building blocks are there for them to start climbing the ranks very soon. Hunter Greene Pos. - RHP Ht/Wt - 6’4” 215 lbs.
Opinion: A strong step to safeguard Ga. seniors
Thursday was an encouraging day for Georgia “relating to health,” as a proposed new law put it. The new bill puts on paper the beginning of what looks to be a solid and substantial step toward improving safety, and preventing instances of abuse and neglect, in Georgia's senior care facilities. Now it’s up to lawmakers and the legislative process to see this necessary cause through to completion, meaning a good, thorough law that Gov. Brian Kemp signs into existence this spring.
Opinion: Stories of pain, loss around senior care in Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s ongoing investigation “Unprotected” has elicited a lot of reaction from readers. Hundreds of comments have been received in some form so far. "Unprotected" hits home for many who've read it. The AJC's series of reports on Georgia's assisted living and large personal care homes is relevant to a large portion of our readers – and, really, to Georgians in general. Today, we present a selection of reader narratives sent to us.
Opinion: Keep pushing for seniorcare reforms
Balancing the state budget is important. Georgia’s Constitution demands that. Safeguarding the lives of at-risk senior citizens is equally important. For that reason, we’re again urging the Georgia General Assembly to focus on enacting comprehensive improvements to the state’s oversight of senior facilities, even during a legislative session seemingly studded with more distractions than usual.
Opinion: Key Ga. elected leaders to contact to express your views
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Opinion: Film tax credits in spotlight now
Thanks in significant part to Georgia’s generous film tax credits, our state’s peach logo appears repeatedly on millions of screens large and small around the world. That’s the publicly visible part. Behind the scenes, across the past decade, Georgia has substantially grown our share of the industry producing the TV shows and movies that entertain us, and even the interactive games we play. Like all else in economics, that comes at a cost.
Opinion: Act now to safeguard Ga. seniors
Haphazard. That word comes to mind when reading The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s latest installment of “Unprotected.” It should be nigh-impossible for reasonable people to reach a different conclusion, given this newspaper’s ongoing, detailed reporting into problems that’ve harmed seniors at some Georgia assisted-living places and large personal care homes.
Opinion: Paying for healthcare for Ga.’s needy
An eagerly awaited development from the Gold Dome this year was the announcement by Gov. Brian Kemp of details about his proposed Affordable Care Act waivers. Even in a time of unprecedented, and deep, differences of opinion on almost any public policy subject, both sides of the aisle somewhat agree that Georgia needs to find a way to make it easier for people here to access health insurance.
Opinion: Better protecting Ga.’s vulnerable seniors
Where capitalism and care can clash. That could be the subtitle of the latest report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s ongoing investigation “Unprotected: Broken promises in Georgia’s senior care industry.” The extensive findings reported today point out problems of financial disruption that are not uncommon in the senior care industry, or any other line of business, really.
Opinion: Bring criminal justice reform to youth
The AJC’s new investigation into Georgia’s juvenile justice apparatus should lead to changes that make the public safer. There has to be a better way. That should be the inescapable conclusion from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigation, “Juvenile Justice in Georgia.” This newspaper’s reporting spotlights a system that is as outdated in its approach as it is ineffective in safeguarding the public, or the youths remanded to its custody.
Opinion: State gets quick, sound result on ethylene oxide emissions
Voluntary agreement by state regulators and medical instrument sterilizer seems a commonsense win for public safety. When it comes to necessary government action, achieving results is often neither a fast nor simple process.
Opinion: Ga. steps up to safeguard health
When it comes to protecting public health, acting belatedly is better than not acting at all. Thus, it’s welcome news that the state of Georgia went to court last week to demand a temporary shutdown of a Covington facility that sterilizes medical instruments using a gas that’s considered a carcinogen.
Opinion: Judging police and society
Shootings by police, or their legal aftermath, have been in the news lately. Today, we present views on incidents here and around the U.S. America continues to wrestle with how to address the issue of questionable shootings by police officers. Georgia, and metro Atlanta, are no exception. This nation finds itself repeatedly shocked these days by instances of police use of force that appear to have crossed lines most would call reasonable.
Opinion: Looking toward better care for elders
Two columns by long-term care experts offer advice on ways to improve care, as well as tips on making informed choices as consumers. The Sept. 22 launch of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s reporting series “Unprotected: Broken promises in Georgia’s senior care industry” began our presentation of this newspaper’s investigation into the quality of care offered by Georgia’s assisted living and large personal care homes.
Opinion: Showing need for senior-care reforms
The AJC’s disturbing findings on problems, and allegations of neglect and abuse of the elderly here should prompt improvements. In a state that forcefully proclaims its value of human life, it’s sad that Georgia has failed to protect some of its most vulnerable citizens, those along the path toward life’s end. That’s the inescapable conclusion from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigation into substandard care at some Georgia assisted living and personal care homes.
Opinion: Lessons in government and chemistry
State and federal officials should gain valuable lessons from their flawed handling of news and problems around a toxic gas used to sterilize medical instruments. The ongoing public skirmish over use of a gas for sterilizing medical instruments should provide more than a chemistry lesson for Georgia on a substance considered a carcinogen by the EPA.
Opinion: Viewpoints on guns in America 2019
A procession of mass shootings — three last month alone — continue to dominate headlines and fuel calls for action that might help stem the human cost. We can recall multiple shootings in places whose names we can’t forget: Dayton, Odessa, El Paso, Sandy Hook, Orlando, and others. Meanwhile, the uniquely American debate over gun rights and possible gun regulations continues on. Predictably, for this age, partisan sides are sharply drawn.
Opinion: Continuing spotlight on Ga. voting system
A federal judge’s order points out flaws in Georgia’s old voting apparatus, and raises concerns about future election risks. Georgians deserve a secure system that lives up to democracy’s tasks. Since we last wrote August 11 about the ongoing saga of replacing Georgia’s antiquated, flawed voting machines, a federal judge has issued a voluminous order confirming that citizens were not in error to have strong concerns about this state’s machinery for conducting elections.
Opinion: Setting smart public policy on scooters
Anyone doubting that the future won’t look much like the past need only look at the e-scooter craze. In less than three years, the electric scooter business has skyrocketed in metro Atlanta and many other places having a critical mass of potential users, especially young people. As is often the case in our hyper-speed world, technology readily outran efforts to rein in downsides as scooters quickly went viral. Novelty, and growing popularity, have led to serious public concerns.
Opinion: A voting system we can trust
Georgia’s history of problems with elections demand that our new way of voting be as secure and fair as possible. It’s impossible to overstate the power of the ballot in American representative democracy. Our vote is our voice that government must recognize. That should make for a solemn duty of government to ensure that elections are conducted securely, accurately and fairly. That need’s front and center in Georgia now as the state rolls out a new voting system.
Opinion: Toward that more-perfect union
The firestorm over Tweets telling American citizens to leave the country tells us that the nation has not yet attained the ideals of our founders, or leaders like MLK. The hammer blows struck from within against American democracy’s bedrock are most always verbal and not physical. That doesn’t minimize their power for harm. The most recent example of too many in this regard is President Donald Trump’s harmful Twitter attacks on four duly elected Congressional representatives.
Opinion: Seeking new ways to better this metro
Successful regions, like businesses, are smart to stay aware of what other thriving metros are doing to stay competitive. The ARC’s LINK trips are designed to discover such insights. A single-minded push and focus on the future lifted metro Atlanta onto the list of places that can legitimately claim to be standouts in this nation and world. Getting there required for a long time keeping our focus on a prize that shimmered in the distance ahead of us.
Opinion: Debate over transit priorities is a good thing
Supply and demand. It’s a basis of much of the hustle and bustle that powers economic activity. We believe this underpinning of the private and public sectors also applies to funding and building transportation systems. Which makes the current debates important around just what to build, where and when. And, most importantly, how to pay for it with finite dollars.
Opinion: Troubling outcome for horrific crime
Courts and Georgians should be concerned about trial, and resulting death sentence where defendant offered no defense. The end result is nearly as unsettling as the horrific facts of the crime. That’s not an unreasonable light in which to review a key aspect of the murder trial of Tiffany Moss. For certain, her icily evil and deliberate actions which led to the horrific death of 10-year-old Emani Moss shocked all who paid any attention to the ghastly acts and the capital murder trial that resulted.
Opinion: A glimpse at charitable giving, needs here
While civic leaders use an energetic public image to draw people and development here, Atlanta’s philanthropic community makes a substantial difference, largely in a low-key way. When it comes to promoting our town, metro Atlanta’s sort of carved out an exception to the usual Southern norm of self-effacement. We’re polite about it, for sure, but this region and state, have not been anywhere near reticent in selling ourselves, and our estimable value to the rest of the world.
Opinion: Looking once more at MLK’s life, legacy
A noted historian’s new essay has resurfaced allegations about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The author explains his reasoning today and we offer other viewpoints on the civil rights icon’s life. Another chapter about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is now being hewn into history, a full half-century after a murderer’s bullet ended his remarkable journey on this earth. As it was then, so it is now that controversy and strong feelings still encompass public discourse about King, his life and his legacy.
Opinion: Capturing advice from graduation day
School commencement season’s drawing to a close, and just in time, as hotter-than-usual weather clings to metro Atlanta. The time-honored event of K-12 and college graduation exercises remains a common bond for most of us, even in an age of discord. Rows of robes and caps symbolize unity around hard-won attainment of an academic goal. Part of commencement’s ritual are the speeches, which can seem interminably long on a hot day.
Opinion: Memorial Day’s a timeless, important observation
American servicepeople continue to die in selfless service to the freedoms we enjoy. Their sacrifice deserves our thanks, and our remembrance, this weekend and beyond. Editor’s Note: This editorial originally appeared on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Editorial page of Memorial Day weekend, 2012. The bright sun of a warm morning still raises a faint glint on the time-smoothed headstones that cascade in neat ranks across the hills of the old graveyard.
Infrastructure: A drive that must continue
Last week was National Infrastructure Week. It’s admittedly a wonky word. But it accounts for a lot, especially in places like metro Atlanta and Georgia. We’ve all felt the substantial growing pains that are the byproduct of a thriving place that’s consistently seen growth in population and jobs in recent decades. There’s a national debate around infrastructure and how to pay for it. It is not new.
Opinions on Ga.’s new ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
Those on both sides of the abortion debate agreed on at least one thing — that Gov. Brian Kemp was certain to sign HB 481 into law. He did that last week, moving Georgia another step along in a legal debate that will be ultimately decided by the nation’s highest court. The Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act would outlaw nearly all abortions after what’s described as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, often around six weeks into a pregnancy, and often before a woman even knows she’s pregnant.
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