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Get Out, Get Fit, and Have Fun

Georgia’s State Parks Feed Mind, Body and Soul with Outdoor Adventures This new year, stay on track with your fitness resolutions and venture out to Georgia State Parks. Get fit while having fun by partaking in the wide range of outdoor activities offered for all ages. From learning to become a Junior Ranger and...

Finding Quality Child Care: Here’s What the Experts Look For

You're facing one of the toughest decisions of your life. You'll be placing your precious child in someone else's care. How can you possibly know for certain you made the right choice? Most parents looking for a child care center for their young children ask about student-teacher ratios, reputation and recommendations. These are important and should definitely...

Why Choose Advanced Urology?

Seeing a urologist can often involve sensitive and challenging personal choices, so you want to make an informed decision. Advanced Urology serves over 30,000 patients in Gwinnett, metro Atlanta and Northeast Georgia with locations in Snellville, John’s Creek, Lawrenceville, Decatur, Sandy Springs, Alpharetta and Athens. Offices in Dunwoody, Kennesaw and Marietta will open in 2019.

Treating the patient, not just the disease

WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE, cancer will be the #1 cause of death for Americans. Urologic malignancies account for 33% of cancer in men, with prostate cancer as the most common. Dr. Dev Mally at Advanced Urology is fellowship-trained in treating these urologic cancers, including prostate, kidney, bladder, adrenal and testicular cancer. He...

Focus on heart health… and kill two birds with one stone

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States – but you probably know that. You probably also know that preventing and treating heart disease can help you live longer. But did you know that the same risk factors for heart disease — diabetes, drinking alcohol to excess, high blood pressure,...

‘Every touch point with a patient is important.’

As a surgeon, Dr. Vishal Bhalani chose urology as his specialty because it not only provided the challenge of treating a range of conditions but more importantly, because urology offered the opportunity to have enduring relationships with his patients. “I love urology because you have this real continuity with patients. I might perform a vasectomy for a patient...

Each Patient is Precious

The ‘mystery and miracle’ of medicine never gets old Doctor Michael Stechison’s day begins at 5:00 AM with two cups of coffee and, on those days when a difficult brain surgery is on the schedule, he’ll play a few bars on the piano before leaving the house. “It kind of warms your fingers up.”

Positive, Mindful Care: A focus on patients makes every day a good one

In the first room, a young child has asthma and is wheezing. In the next, an elderly gentleman awaits his physical. The hustle and bustle of her day doesn’t end as she flits from room to room, performing everything from annual checkups to treating chronic medical issues. But Dr. Hira Kohli, a physician at Gwinnett Medical Group...