If you’ve lived in Gwinnett for a while, chances are Piedmont Eastside has touched your life at some point. Maybe you’ve been there for a checkup, surgery, or to visit a friend. For over 40 years, Piedmont Eastside has been keeping Gwinnett healthy with two campuses, 305 beds, over 700 board-certified doctors, and more than a thousand...
Many in Buford and the surrounding communities already know Henderson Vanderpool as the passionate advocate behind Buford Family Fitness, but fewer know the extent of his work designing and consulting on customized fitness facilities. A seasoned veteran in the fitness industry, Henderson has spent decades helping individuals, families, and groups from all walks of life improve their health...
When someone you love is in crisis, minutes matter—and for mental health crises, options are often limited. That’s what makes Gwinnett County’s latest investment more than just a new building. It’s a lifeline, and a long-overdue one at that.Now under construction at 1040 Grayson Highway, the 84,000-square-foot Community Resource Center isn’t just an answer to a growing...
WHEN IT COMES TO ADVICE ABOUT HEALTHY LIVING, there are opinions nearly every
place you turn. Unfortunately, a great deal of that information is based on fad diets and
trendy workouts that may deliver quick results but don’t promote...
There’s nothing more debilitating than pain that never lets go. If pain has been following you like a shadow, clouding your day as you try to accomplish daily tasks, you’re not alone. Chronic pain affects one in five adults, leaving an estimated 50 Americans suffering from this public health epidemic. If you’ve lived with pain for years,...
From ball fields to computer browsers, we live in a vibrant, beautifully-detailed world – one that you deserve to see with clarity. Here to give you the best view, Sweet View Optical’s dedicated team sees you through your eyecare journey with precision and transparency. Whether it’s time for your eye exam or you need help picking out...
People in northeast Georgia living with severe form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) now have a new treatment option that can reduce pain, promote wound healing and save limbs from amputation. Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville recently became the first hospital in North Georgia to implant a patient with a new device called the Esprit BTK.
When you hear about someone having a heart bypass, you probably think about it as a major open-heart procedure. But with new technologies and techniques, opening up the chest isn’t always necessary.
Thanks to innovations in technology, some heart bypasses—also called coronary artery bypasses—can now be performed with robotic assistance. When performed in that...
