http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/ Piedmont News Releases http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/075fb94c-868b-4145-a73a-603d87f41509.aspx 075fb94c-868b-4145-a73a-603d87f41509 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:45:20 GMT Stockbridge, Ga. (May 3, 2013) – Cancer Wellness at Piedmont Henry Hospital will host cooking demonstrations in May and June aimed at helping patients battling cancer. The Easy. Flavorful. Meatless. cooking demonstration will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from noon to 2 p.m. in the hospital’s Foundation Education Center. Chef Lana Carr will teach participants sensational plant-based recipes that are filling, satisfy cravings and come together quickly. Plant foods have the most power when fighting c... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/647199a4-fd23-4824-b9ce-39d4847aa28a.aspx 647199a4-fd23-4824-b9ce-39d4847aa28a Wed, 15 May 2013 16:16:37 GMT Stockbridge, Ga. (May 14, 2013) – Kids ages 11 to 14 years old have the opportunity to learn in a fun, interactive way how to make smarter food and activity choices that can lead to healthier futures through the Ignite food and fitness camp offered this summer by Piedmont Henry Hospital. The five-day Ignite camp will be held twice this year - June 17 through June 21 and July 8 through July 12. Camp is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Momentum Christian Church in Stockbridge. During camp, hospital dietitians wil... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/18f59ac3-dfa8-43fa-8636-ca4b2891e9b9.aspx 18f59ac3-dfa8-43fa-8636-ca4b2891e9b9 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:51 GMT Atlanta, Ga. (May 15, 2013) – At 33 years old, Samantha Mixon received not one, but two surprising diagnoses shortly after she presented at Piedmont Henry Hospital with severe migraines. There, doctors discovered a grey mass on her brain and immediately sent her to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, where Howard Chandler, M.D., a neurosurgical oncologist, removed a brain tumor the next morning. A biopsy showed the brain tumor was actually a result of stage four non-small cell lung cancer having metastasized to ... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/ba60d2e3-1824-497f-be7a-285099fee361.aspx ba60d2e3-1824-497f-be7a-285099fee361 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:13 GMT Atlanta, Ga. (May 8, 2013) – Douglasville resident Rachel Keller knows all too well how dangerous polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a life-threatening genetic disease creating multiple fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys, can be. Her mother died of the disease in the 1970s and now Keller, her daughter, and her granddaughter have been diagnosed with PKD as well. When the disease progressed enough that her doctor, Gary Wollam, M.D., felt it was time she pursued a kidney transplant at Piedmont Atlanta Hospita... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/d61c19a7-7339-4f77-b94d-03b113cd8474.aspx d61c19a7-7339-4f77-b94d-03b113cd8474 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:51:01 GMT Newnan, Ga. (May 3, 2013) – Newnan residents Justin and Cati Rhodes are March of Dimes Ambassadors for the upcoming Coweta County March for Babies walk taking place on Saturday, May 11 at Carl Miller Park at 9 a.m. Parents to twin boys, Cole and Tripp, the Rhodes never imagined the hardships that would follow upon delivering their first-born babies eight weeks early. “I never totally grasped or understood the severity of premature babies,” said Justin Rhodes. “When you see your children hooked up to wha... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/96f16329-f10e-45b0-8553-28f67350eaa3.aspx 96f16329-f10e-45b0-8553-28f67350eaa3 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:05:13 GMT Stockbridge, Ga. (May 3, 2013) – Piedmont Henry Hospital held the area’s biggest enrollment session for the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3), helping to make Atlanta the largest metro area in terms of enrollment throughout the nation. Last month, 71 people signed up at Piedmont Henry to become part of the CP-3. In all, 2,600 people signed up at the 39 enrollment sites around metro Atlanta. For its efforts, the American Cancer Society presented Piedmont Henry with a plaque. “Pr... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/571a6bb7-6155-4d13-9023-2543bb4991a6.aspx 571a6bb7-6155-4d13-9023-2543bb4991a6 Wed, 01 May 2013 23:04:30 GMT Atlanta, Ga. (May 1, 2013) – Georgia Lung Associates will join Piedmont Physicians effective May 1 as Piedmont Physicians Georgia Lung. The practice, which is one of the largest pulmonary practices in the state of Georgia, will continue operating its current locations in Austell, Buckhead and Marietta in addition to providing care to patients at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. “For years, the physicians of Georgia Lung Associates have maintained a reputation of excellence in patient care and dedication to th... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/8a286423-77a0-4f19-9bb2-1b692dc6a38f.aspx 8a286423-77a0-4f19-9bb2-1b692dc6a38f Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:16:04 GMT Atlanta, Ga. (April 29, 2013) – The future of patient care is coming to Piedmont Fayette and Piedmont Mountainside hospitals, which are transitioning to a new, comprehensive electronic medical record and practice management system called Epic on May 1, 2013. The new system, which stores all health information from each of the Piedmont hospitals and doctors’ offices into one electronic medical chart, will allow doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel across the Piedmont Healthcare system to access... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/3e7ca6a0-32fc-4fd7-8e7f-507ddfab3de2.aspx 3e7ca6a0-32fc-4fd7-8e7f-507ddfab3de2 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:50:47 GMT Stockbridge, Ga. (April 26, 2013) – Piedmont Henry Hospital held the biggest enrollment session for the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3), helping to make Atlanta the largest metro area in terms of enrollment throughout the nation. Last month, 71 people signed up at Piedmont Henry to become part of the CP-3. In all, 2,600 people signed up at the 39 enrollment sites around metro Atlanta. For its efforts, the American Cancer Society presented Piedmont Henry with a plaque. “Preven... http://www.piedmont.org/main/news/fad6f4cb-7c30-4724-9b55-b4570cfa2e27.aspx fad6f4cb-7c30-4724-9b55-b4570cfa2e27 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:22:35 GMT Atlanta, Ga. (April 3, 2013) – Piedmont Physicians Group welcomes Dinganè Baruti, M.D., as the new medical director of the Piedmont Immediate Care clinic located at 101 Yorktown Dr., Suite 110 in Fayetteville, Ga. Dr. Baruti brings 21 years of service in the U.S. Army and experience as medical director of four clinics on Sand Hill in Fort Benning, Georgia, to Piedmont Immediate Care. The clinic, which is focused on providing unscheduled, walk-in care to patients with minor, unexpected or temporary healt...