Wellness

How meditation can transform your new year goals into lasting change

New app helps patients, families navigate Alzheimer’s

A pilates exercise, in Amsterdam, July 18, 2022. (Melissa Schriek/The New York Times)

Your January reset, Atlanta-style

Target is joining Spirit Halloween in becoming a major retailer that sells Halloween costumes specially for kids who use wheelchairs.

OPINION

Shopping is harder than it should be for customers with mobility challenges

Georgia requests $1.4B to transform rural health care

Your FSA is expiring. Here are 20+ things you can buy right now.

Hosea Helps supports merry Christmases amid financial strains

People, hands or empathy with consultation for counseling, understanding or therapy at office desk. Closeup, therapist or patient with touch for sympathy, emotion or support for grief, loss or advice

OPINION

A year after my mother’s death, I found my way back with a grief retreat

After losing my mother, I turned to a grief retreat in North Georgia to process pain and find ways to cope. Here’s what I learned.

AMBFF hopes to tackle loneliness in schools as part of its mental health efforts

Blank Foundation gives $25 million to support youth mental health

The $25 million builds onto a portfolio of more than $31 million the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has committed to youth mental health over the past three years.

Regifting the right way: 8 rules for upcycling gifts with style

How to handle holiday regression and hometown anxiety

From hometown anxiety to holiday regression, the season can stir up some unexpected mental health challenges. Here’s how to navigate them.

We asked nutritionists what they eat during the winter. Here’s their grocery list.

Discover the everyday foods health experts turn to each winter to boost immunity and ease cold and flu season stress.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing ney L. Cross/The New York Times)

Warnock urges ‘a common humanity’ in wake of shootings

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., appears on "Meet The Press" on Sunday, sharing his thoughts on the fatal shootings in the news, health care costs and the 2026 elections.

‘Sober December’? How some people are skipping booze for the holidays

From the annual work party to Christmas dinner at Grandma’s, there are ways you can dial back the drinks, leaving plenty of room for all the season’s magic and cheer.

Abortion rights activists rally at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in June 2022, the month that the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. (Arvin Temkar/AJC 2022)

OPINION

Enshrine abortion as a human right on this U.N. declaration anniversary

Restrictive anti-abortion laws in Georgia and elsewhere in the U.S. are an affront to women and the spirit of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Smartphone on your kid’s Christmas list? How to know when they’re ready.

Are you thinking about gifting your child a smartphone this holiday? New research from the University of Georgia reveals how early phone use can influence their well-being.

Chloe Chen, who was treated at Childrens

New infant heart stent offers fresh hope for Georgia families

A Georgia couple finds hope after their child receives a first-of-its-kind stent system, placing Children's among the first hospitals to use the innovative technology.

Grady expands care with two outpatient facilities in DeKalb County

Grady Health System is expanding outpatient services to DeKalb County, strengthening its reach and impact across metro Atlanta.

This Marietta salon helps Santas get holiday-ready

A Marietta salon brightens and dyes Santas' beards long before the Christmas festivities begin.

Why for so many do symptoms of Covid not go away?

Georgia sees one of the highest rises in life expectancy in the nation

Georgia's life expectancy rose more sharply than most U.S. states as the coronavirus pandemic receded, according to the latest CDC data, but still has ground to make up.

Retailers revel as stuff, not experiences, makes a comeback

Holiday etiquette: Should you quit gifting if they don’t thank you?

Experts share how to handle unacknowledged gifts without losing your holiday spirit.