A friend who works in the school system (in Alpharetta/Johns Creek area) mentioned how concussions are a major concern in schools today. Especially in high school, kids complain of dizziness, inability to focus, memory loss and more from concussions usually caused by a sport injury. WebMD defines a concussion as a form of traumatic brain [...]
I recently met with Terry Joyner from the Alpharetta Police Department and want to share information on an amazing and FREE class offered to the public!! Each year, the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety offers a Public Safety Academy for citizens and members of the business community. The Public Safety classes allow citizens to have [...]
Domestic violence is no joking matter. It happens everyday and there is no excuse for it. Luckily, there is help for victims of domestic violence abuse. There are domestic violence shelters or safe houses and domestic violence counseling. Spousal abuse and child abuse is against the law and you should not have to live in [...]
Women who undergo routine mammograms at Northside Hospital-Forsyth’s Breast Care Center now have the latest diagnostic technology available to them, digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography. Northside was the first in Atlanta to offer breast tomosynthesis, when it acquired the groundbreaking technology at its Atlanta Breast Care Center in September 2011. “More cases [...]
For anyone inside an abusive relationship, one of the most difficult things to acknowledge is the repetitive forms of behavior that come to define your relationship. Because each of these behavior patterns is intertwined with personalities, emotions, scenarios, and circumstances that converge together, it can be overwhelming to identify these patterns that make up the [...]
Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) has a mission – to have a community free of domestic violence. The PADV is the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia and for 37 years has provided professional, compassionate and empowering support to battered women and their children in metro Atlanta. PADV works to end the crime of [...]
I looked like an awful mess, and I was. The pain and fear in my heart were excruciating and I only wished there was some way to make sense of the turmoil of emotions that enveloped me. I had done everything, absolutely everything to make my husband happy and be this image of perfection he [...]
Abusive relationships are a funny thing. And strangely enough, it is often because they are so wonderful at the beginning. Many relationships that become abusive begin with a man wholly devoted, passionate, dedicated, eager to make sure his partner knows how much he loves her. For many a love starved or even a powerful, independent [...]
AlpharettaMoms.Org brings content to our readers on Domestic Violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month which recognizes the brutal reality that many children and women across the world endure every day. The National Coalition against Domestic Violence (NCADV) NCADV believes violence against women and children results from the use of force or threat to achieve [...]
Georgia has the second highest obesity rate in the United States. Nearly 40% of Georgia’s children are obese or overweight. As the largest pediatric health care provider located in the state with the second highest rate of childhood obesity in the U.S., Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is leading the charge against the childhood obesity epidemic with [...]
