Health & Wellness
Telehealth Keeps Patients and Providers Connected during Pandemic
A Surge in Telehealth Visits
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Emory Healthcare has experienced a surge in telehealth visits, with more than 215,000 visits conducted between patients and their health care providers from mid-March through...
Urgent Care
Emory Connected Care: Virtual Medical Visits through Telehealth
Taking good care of yourself, seeing a doctor when something’s not right, and taking your medicine as prescribed are all vital to good health. So, why would you stop during a global pandemic? It...
Health & Wellness
Choose the 3Ws
There’s a lot of coronavirus information coming our way. And, aside from everyday changes, this information sometimes seems both conflicting and unclear.
Despite all the misinformation, rhetoric, and opinion that fill our news feeds, the...
Health & Wellness
More Top Doctors Recognized Than Any Other Atlanta Health System
Nearly half of the physicians recognized in the annual “Top Doctors” issue of Atlanta magazine are physicians who are part of Emory Healthcare, Emory Healthcare Network, Emory medical staff, or faculty of Emory University...
Health & Wellness
Expanding Compassion Amid the Loneliness & Isolation of COVID-19
Over the last two decades or so, researchers from many different fields of science have been working to uncover the biological bases of social connection. I am one of those researchers, trained as a...
Health & Wellness
4 Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
As we all know, regular exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. But because of various injuries and/or health conditions, instead of running on a treadmill or jumping rope, many people (especially...
Eye Health
How to Prevent Glaucoma
Three million Americans have been diagnosed with glaucoma, and about 2 million are not aware that they have this disease. Since glaucoma often does not show symptoms, eye exams are needed to prevent the...
Health & Wellness
Social Wellness – Your Relationships Impact Your Health
There’s a lot of talk these days about your emotional, physical and mental wellness, but what about your social health? After all, your relationships with family and friends certainly impact your overall well-being. Think...
