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Sleep Awareness Week: What’s keeping you awake — including perhaps this computer or smart phone if used just before turning in

Posted on March 2, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Courtesy, Harbin Clinic Sleep Center. With our overloaded schedules, never-ending to-do lists, and incessant juggling of too many things at once, it’s no wonder we often feel like there aren’t enough hours in a day. Though we usually still find a way to get everything done, it is often at the expense of not… Read more

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Harbin Clinic Leprechaun-a-thon, set for March 14, first leg of new race series

Posted on February 28, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Harbin Clinic will be the presenting sponsor of this year’s Leprechaun-a-thon, the inaugural event of the 2015 Harbin Clinic Race Series. Put on by the Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority, the race will take place on Saturday, March 14, at Barron Stadium and Maddox Track in Rome and is set to begin at 1 p.m.… Read more

Georgia Health News: State’s measles scare over with no spread

Posted on February 28, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News The Georgia measles scare that stemmed from an infected infant arriving here from overseas is apparently at an end, with no further spread of the disease. read more

Redmond Regional earns Quality and Patient Safety Award from The Partnership for Health and Accountability

Posted on February 27, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: The Partnership for Health and Accountability presented its prestigious Quality and Patient Safety Award to Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome for its project that improved patient care in the emergency department. The project, titled “Improving Patient Flow in the Emergency Department: A Hospital-Wide Initiative,” won second place in the Hospitals with 100 to… Read more

Blood Assurance blood drive March 5 to honor Darlington’s Laura Hicks

Posted on February 27, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Darlington School will host a blood drive on Thursday, March 5, in honor of Laura Hicks, Darlington’s ELA-8 Teaching and Learning Center director. The Blood Assurance Blood Vessel will be at the McCallie-Kennedy Library steps from 2 to 7 p.m. for anyone who would like to participate. Hicks was diagnosed with breast cancer… Read more

Georgia Health News: Cancer hospital fires back in fight over bill

Posted on February 27, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News “Pure politics.” That’s how Cancer Treatment Centers of America describes the opposition to legislation that would allow the cancer hospital to expand its capacity – and treat more Georgians. read more

Redmond honors 2014 Frist Humanitarian Award and Excellence in Nursing recipients

Posted on February 26, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: Redmond Regional Medical Center honored three individuals as the hospital’s 2014 Frist Humanitarian Award Recipients: Dr. Mike Ware, Harbin Clinic Cardiologist - Physician Recipient; Carol Campbell, RN Cardiology Clinical Navigator - Employee Recipient; and Wanda Touchstone - Volunteer Recipient. read more

Georgia Health News: Teen pregnancy and how Hall County is reaching out

Posted on February 26, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Rebekah Ryan for Georgia Health News “My life is over! How am I going to do this?” Crystal Gonzalez says those thoughts went through her mind when she found out at a routine sports physical that she was five months pregnant. read… Read more

Georgia Health News: Cancer hospital bill draws immediate fight

Posted on February 25, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News The long-awaited “CTCA bill” has finally arrived – and Georgia’s hospital industry immediately pounced on it in opposition. read more

Georgia Health News: Medical cannabis bill clears House panel

Posted on February 24, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News A Georgia House panel passed a medical cannabis bill Monday that its author said could eventually help up to a half-million Georgians. read more

From WRGA: Parents of heart donor meet recipient for the first time

Posted on February 21, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

A local woman who received a heart transplant in 2012 met the donor’s family for the first time on Friday. Sara and Gary Spann were able to hear their son’s heart beating inside Yolanda Akins, a 43-year-old mother of four from Rome. The Spann’s son, Geoffrey, was hit by a car in November 2012 at the age… Read more

Heart of the Community picks five agencies promoting heart-healthy projects

Posted on February 21, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

Media release: This year the Heart of Community Board has selected five agencies to receive money for their heart healthy projects. Agencies include the Rome and Floyd County YMCA, Summit Quest Adventures, the South Rome Boys and Girls Club, the Rome Floyd County Parks and Recreation Program, and the South Rome Redevelopment Corporation. read more

Georgia Health News. State: Won’t meet Justice Department deadline

Posted on February 21, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

For more on these and additional updates, please click Georgia Health News: By Andy Miller, Georgia Health News Georgia health officials acknowledge that they won’t meet a June 30 deadline — agreed to with the federal government — for moving people with developmental disabilities out of state-run hospitals. read more

Updated: Panel by Hospitality House, Berry to examine ’50 Shades’ implications.

Posted on February 20, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

The Hospitality House for Women, along with faculty and students at Berry College, have organized a panel to speak on the recent film “Fifty Shades of Grey” has been moved to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the Berry College Spruill Ballroom in the Krannert Student Center. The event is free and open to the public. The panel will be question-based and… Read more

Next up in local billboards: 3-D. Harbin Clinic sign adding realistic — if not ginormous — stethoscope

Posted on February 20, 2015 by hometownheadlines • 0 Comments

We’ve seen the traditional billboards for decades and then “moving” billboards where shutter-like panels could switch from one advertiser to another in just a flash. Next up was the video billboard, a handful of which are now scattered across Northwest Georgia. Another new wrinkle is coming to Rome — a 3-D billboard from Harbin Clinic… Read more