Start walking today and you can improve metro Atlanta and YOUR health!

Did you know more than 25 percent of auto trips are less than one mile in length? Short trips offer a terrific opportunity to take to the streets by foot instead of by car. B y walking one mile, you can keep over three pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe. Also, walking is a fantastic way to improve your health by becoming more active. Click here to continue

How to Handle Holiday Stress

(ARA) - Cousin Bob, his wife, five kids and their Great Dane will be visiting the week between Christmas and New Year's. You drew your boss' name for the office gift exchange. And you still have no idea what to give your very picky mother-in-law. Can you say "holiday stress?" Click here to continue

Take Preventive Measures to Ward Off Colds, Flu

(ARA) - It's hard to stay healthy during the winter months. Everyone from your kids to your co-workers seems to be sniffling, coughing and sneezing. Not only is being sick unpleasant, the cost adds up fast - there's missed time from work or school, doctor's visits and medication. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so take steps now to ward off winter illness. Click here to continue

Tired All the Time? Ten Things You Should Know about Thyroid Disease

(ARA) - Vivian Wall was tired all the time and couldn't lose weight, no matter what diet she tried. Catherine Mckinnon couldn't relax and her heart raced constantly. Both women ascribed their symptoms to the stresses of modern - and often unhealthy - lifestyles. Actually, both were experiencing the opposite spectrums of a very common problem - thyroid disease. Click here to continue

Gynecologists Inform Less Than Half of Women With Uterine Fibroids of Alternatives to Hysterectomy, Survey Says

Less than half of women suffering with symptomatic uterine fibroid tumors are informed of less invasive alternatives to hysterectomy, such as uterine fibroid embolizaion (UFE), according to a survey conducted by the National Women's Health Resource Center. Click here to continue