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Atrium Health Navicent Physicians Urge Community to Get Flu Shots in October

10.21.2024

Influenza, commonly called “the flu,” is a contagious respiratory disease that can lead to serious illness, hospitalization or death. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against influenza is to get vaccinated every flu season.

Tips for a smooth health insurance enrollment

10.18.2024

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5 tips for choosing a health insurance plan

10.18.2024

h2{margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 2rem;} h3{margin-top: 1.5rem;} If you don’t have health insurance through your employer, spouse, parents or another source, you can sign up through Health Care Marketplace. Many adults who have lost their job are faced with the stress of both unemployment and the added costs associated with providing their own health insurance or going without the safety net health insurance offers.

It’s Medicare Annual Open Enrollment. Here’s what you need to know

10.18.2024

h3{ margin-top: 1.5rem; } Enrolling and understanding Medicare coverage may seem like a stressful task. However, educating yourself about what to expect during enrollment can help simplify the process.

Medicare 101: What’s the difference between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage?

10.18.2024

h3{ margin-top: 1.5rem; } Medicare is a broad term. Here’s how Medicare coverage differs.

Kay Yow Cancer Fund and Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer award $60,000 to Atrium Health Navicent on Tasha Butts Day

10.18.2024

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer, and Atrium Health Navicent are teaming up to provide funding for life-saving access, education, and cancer screening for under-resourced women in Milledgeville, Georgia. Milledgeville-native Tasha Butts played for the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx before serving as an assistant coach for multiple NCAA women’s basketball teams including Georgia Tech and Louisiana State University before being named head coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas in 2023.

Healthy Sleep Habits for Babies Reduce SIDS Risks

10.3.2024

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital invites the community to observe National SIDS Awareness Month during October by learning about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and how to reduce risk. SIDS is the sudden, unexplained death of a child less than 1 year old that remains unexplained after a complete investigation.

Atrium Health Navicent Continues Program to Help Georgians Start Careers in Health Care

10.1.2024

Applications will be accepted beginning Oct. 2 for an Atrium Health Navicent program that’s helping individuals jumpstart their health care careers. The Bridge to Success program, launched in central and south Georgia in 2023, helps selected applicants earn an associate degree by offering up to three years of up-front tuition and book assistance, with a maximum $5,250 tuition cost.

Join Atrium Health Navicent in Raising Awareness About Breast Cancer

10.1.2024

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and doctors at Atrium Health Navicent Peyton Anderson Cancer Center invite the community to help raise awareness about breast cancer by encouraging screening for early detection and treatment. Accounting for about 30 percent of all new female cancers each year, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women.

Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin Offers Free Lunch n’ Learn Series

9.30.2024

Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin is offering the community an opportunity to learn about a variety of important health topics in a series of recurring of Lunch n’ Learn sessions. The next Lunch n’ Learn will take place at noon Oct. 1 with guest speaker Dr.