Health
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Local Farmer Uses Community Garden to Fight Food Insecurity
Syndey Buffington, the community director of agriculture for Athens Land Trust, is not like most farmers. Now in her 11th year of farming, Buffington made the switch from commercial farming to community farming, hoping to reduce food insecurity in Athens-Clarke County. Food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain…
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Ceasefire Resolution Support Reaches Athens-Clarke County Government
Athens-Clarke County commissioners and pro-Palestinian groups are at a standstill over whether the city should adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Mayor Kelly Girtz has suggested other methods to address the conflict such as an open letter supporting an end to the…
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Drawing Hope to Change the Narrative of HIV and AIDS
AnnieRay Magsalin, the Director of Operations of Live Forward, has heard all the stereotypical comments regarding HIV. “It is a death sentence.” “You can only catch it from being gay.” Even though she spends her time working at Live Forward, she said it can be emotionally difficult for her.…
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Weather-Based Pain Forecasts Could Be Future of Chronic Pain Management
Pain-based weather research leads way for improved quality of life for those with chronic pain. From scarves to sunscreen, weather phenomena informs behavior in a myriad of ways, but for those with chronic pain conditions, the implications of a day’s forecast can be far more complicated. One in five American…
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Hunter-Holmes Lecture Tackles Black Maternal Mortality Rates
UGA’s first Black female student, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, celebrated her 82nd birthday at the annual Hunter-Holmes Lecture with Spelman President Helene Gayle. At the lecture, Hunter-Gault also recounted her struggles first coming on to campus. “There were students, mostly boys, yelling the n-word go home and that was supposed to deter…
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UGA Concussion Research Lab Works to Understand Head Injuries
One in 10 of all contact sport athletes sustain concussions yearly, according to the Brain Injury Research Institute. There is much more to learn about diagnosis and the short- and long-term effects of concussions. Grady Newsource reporter Will Hopkins takes a look at the work that the University of Georgia’s…
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Loopholes in Insurance Create Difficulties for Georgia Hearing Aid Coverage
Georgia does not require health insurance to cover hearing services to persons over 18 years of age, leaving many people with hearing loss without proper care or resources. This also leaves many without hearing aids. Navy veteran Thomas Micheli of Acworth, Georgia, was initially denied hearing aids by the Department…
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Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds: Supporting Georgia Farmers Amidst Mental Health Crisis
In the Appalachian city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Hessler’s family of generational farmers-turned-coal miners emphasized the principles of nourishing others and establishing community through food. “[Farming] becomes a constant conversation with the life and death dichotomy of bringing things from seeds and knowing that they might die,” Brit Hessler said. Today,…
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Winder Church Honors Member With Memorial Walk
First Christian Church will hold its fourth annual Walk Out of the Darkness on Oct. 22. The walk was started after the suicide of Candler Smith, a church member, in 2017. It is a 1-mile loop around both the church and Winder-Barrow High School in partnership with the American Foundation…
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Designated Dawgs Offer Students Free Rides
With the return of on-campus students, nighttime crowds are growing downtown. That’s especially true ahead of Georgia football home games. The Designated Dawgs offers resources to UGA students who may be structuring their night out around the cost of rideshare. Sailor Betts is a senior majoring in journalism at the…