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Helena Oliviero
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Helena Oliviero grew up in Vermont and graduated from the University of San Francisco. She writes compelling feature stories with health, relationship and lifestyle themes. She lives in Decatur with her husband Brian and two daughters.
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Con artists target seniors
Scams come in many forms — sweepstakes swindles, shady telemarketing pitches, bogus charity fundraisers.And then there’s a new one making the rounds related to the Affordable Care Act. Using confusion over the new health care law, con artists are pouncing, trying to get people to reveal their Social Security numbers ...
Mega Millions jackpot swells to $189M for Tuesday’s drawing
You can keep dreaming about winning millions. The Mega Millions jackpot is still up for grabs after no one matched Friday’s winning numbers – 09-23-27-49-51. The Mega Ball number drawn was 38. But hey, that just means a bigger jackpot – with Friday’s estimated $173 million jackpot jumping to about ...
Marietta man, 62, killed in early morning wreck on Lower Roswell Road
A car crash early Saturday morning on Lower Roswell Road in Marietta left the driver dead, and sent the front seat passenger to the hospital, according to Cobb County police. Police identified the driver as 62-year-old Roosevelt Schimmel, of Marietta. According to investigators, Schimmel was westbound on Lower Roswell Road ...
Dementia patients prone to wander
Eleanor Alexander never deviated from her night-time routine. She’d eat a light dinner, let her dog “Spot” out, let him back in, double-lock the screen door. And then, she and her companion would call it a night. The evening of July 26 started the same way. The 78-year-old told her ...
Telecommuting continues to rise
Two years ago, Candace Ragsdale’s job changed in a way that seemed almost too good to be true. She suddenly had more money, more time — and less stress. Yet her job as a customer service representative with Chico’s clothing company was exactly the same. The only thing that changed ...
Life Stories: A volunteer with hospice helps families hold onto sweet memories
Kerry Hughes wastes no time in getting to know Ruth and Chuck Coe well. Toting a red pen and yellow highlighter in one hand and a voice recorder in the other, she asks a series of questions, covering a lot of ground. Where were you born? How did you meet? ...
Strong4Life releases cautionary tale, tips for tackling childhood obesity
Jim, a man of average height but weighing 300 pounds, suffers a heart attack and lands in the emergency room.His life hangs in the balance. He’s only 32.“How the hell does that happen?,” asks the doctor in a new, attention-grabbing video.The scene takes place in 2030. Everyone is an actor.While ...
Schools find a way to boost exercise
As the school year neared a close last April, top state officials issued an urgent plea to add 30 minutes of exercise into the school day. In a joint letter — sent to superintendents across the state — State Superintendent John Barge and Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Brenda ...
Say what? Study shows many patients don’t understand basic medical terms
When it comes to prostate cancer, patients sometimes need to make an important decision: Go with radical surgery or opt for a watch-and-wait approach? But what if the patient doesn’t understand basic medical terms? A new Emory University study reveals a severe lack of understanding of the most basic medical ...
Chef eats his way to recovery
Chemotherapy took its toll on Steven Satterfield. The co-owner and executive chef of Miller Union in Atlanta lost his hair, his spunk, and his skin turned grayish-green. But Satterfield, a local and nationally acclaimed chef, battled back by turning to what he loves and understands well — the health benefits ...
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