On Saturday, Oct 5, out and proud tennis legend Martina Navratilova appeared at the AARP’s Life@50 National Event & Expo in Atlanta to talk about health and wellness for seniors and to lead attendees in an early morning fitness routine that began at 8:30 a.m.
That seems a bit early for Navratilova these days, given that she is still in bed at 9 a.m. when she agreed to talk with GAVO from her home in Miami.
Chicago Pride pics, work-out Instagrams and a meme that says “no matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch” led to an odd silence on Jason Davis’ Facebook last summer.
Usually busy with cheeky updates and promos for the nights he tends bar at Mary’s in East Atlanta, his feed went mysteriously dark for three months starting last August before he returned quietly with more of the same.
Until Nov. 19.
Maggie Lopez and Patt Cianciullo have been partners for six years and are married in Cianciullo’s home state of Connecticut. Now living in Atlanta, they have spent the last two years coping with cancer through faith, hope and humor.
Cianciullo was no stranger to caring for a cancer patient when Lopez was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2010.
“Patt was with her one and only other partner for 25 years and for the last 12 years of her life, she battled the highest and rarest form of ovarian cancer. … Patt’s experience from that was a tremendous help to me when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer,” Lopez said.
After more than four decades where Rev. Paul Turner’s hand was never far from a cigarette, he finally got mad enough to quit for good.
New Year’s Eve marked nine weeks since his last cigarette.
“I quit something that I should have never have started,” Turner said.
His last cigarette came from a pack he bought in late October, and it followed an almost spontaneous decision to lay down the cancer sticks.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has received a $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention to be used to help HIV-positive people not receiving medical treatment get the treatment they need.
"We're talking about people who may or may not know they're HIV-positive and for whatever reason are not in care." said J. Patrick O'Neal, director of DPH's division of health protection, in a statement. "Linking these patients with treatment is essential to reducing HIV transmission in Georgia."