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...
Organ Transplant
End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Options
The kidneys are small but mighty organs, and they have a big job of filtering 200 quarts of blood, and about two quarts of waste and water every day.
When your kidneys aren’t working as...
Brain Health
Brain Aneurysms – What You Need to Know
Brain aneurysms are often known as “ticking time bombs” — and for a good reason. If they rupture, the consequences can be severe. Most people don’t know that more than one in 50 Americans...
Organ Transplant
Transforming Heart & Lung Transplant Programs
Under the leadership of Mani Daneshmand, MD, Emory has been making transformational changes to its heart and lung failure and transplant programs. They have been brought together into one comprehensive program to improve care...
Heart Health
Avoid Open-Heart Surgery with Latest Valve Treatment
It started with shortness of breath, which Donna Jan Green had become used to given a history of heart issues going back to childhood. But it became worse. When she'd visit one of the...
Eye Health
How to Prevent and Treat Low Vision and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Low vision is a common eye condition that affects over 15 million Americans. Learn more about some of the causes of low vision and how you can better protect yourself and your loved ones.
What...
Heart Health
Is There a Difference Between Spider Veins and Varicose Veins?
Though spider veins and varicose veins are both classified as vein disorders, there are some distinct differences between them.
What Do They Look Like?
Spider veins are small, wispy, web-like veins on the skin surface, usually...
