Rosalynn Carter remembered as champion for mental health advocacy

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter spent five decades of championing the education, understanding, and normalizing of mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Reducing salt intake by just 1 teaspoon a day has same effect as blood pressure meds, study finds

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that cutting just one teaspoon of salt per day could have the same effect as taking blood pressure medication.

How healthy is red wine in a daily diet?
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Millions of Americans have embraced the Mediterranean diet. It's a healthy style of eating based on how countries that border the Mediterranean Sea eat. And red wine is a part of the diet, but should it be?

Customers at Gwinnett County restaurant potentially exposed to hepatitis A

Georgia health officials say anyone who ate at the Gwinnett County restaurant between Oct. 24 and Nov. 7 could have been exposed to hepatitis A.

More school counselors needed post-Pandemic, APS offers signing bonus

Since Monday, school counselors have been on site at Marietta Middle school to help students cope with the shooting death of their 25-year-old science teacher, Jason Ogbomoh. The community has been devastated, leaving students in an even greater need of psychological help.

Georgia man undergoes rare heart and kidney transplant
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With Thanksgiving just over a week away, Mike and Angel Thomas of Decatur are feeling doubly grateful this year. That's because mike is recovering after receiving both a new heart and a new kidney at Piedmont Hospital here in Atlanta.

US heart experts may be changing their advice on eggs

For decades health experts have urged Americans to limit the number of eggs they are eating amid concerns about dietary cholesterol. But, that advice may be changing.

Is eating eggs bad for your heart? New advice
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If you had eggs for breakfast, here's some good news: After decades of concern about dietary cholesterol, experts now say eggs can be part of a heart-healthy diet. The FOX Medical Team has some insight into why the advice on eggs is changing.

Atlanta man says Apple Watch saved his life

An Atlanta man says he's lucky to be alive. A sneaky heart condition crept up on him, and he wouldn't have known if it weren't for his Apple Watch.

1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered at Iowa farm following bird flu case

An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered after bird flu was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in the second massive case this week.

Mom who lost daughter to flu warns parents
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The flu can be hard on young children, especially those four and under. As the holidays approach, a New York mother is urging parents to make getting flu shots a priority because she lost her own daughter to it.