| |  | | With light-reflecting white walls, floor-to-ceiling windows and a wide, gleaming terrazzo floor curving along the corridors and two-story pedestrian bridge that spans Clifton Road, the new hospital tower at Emory University Hospital looks like a set from a futuristic movie. What isn't immediately obvious, in all the steel, granite and glass, is the collective effort by dozens of teams to create a nurturing, people-focused environment.
"This project has been a labor of love," says David Pugh, vice president for facility and space design for Emory Healthcare. "So many people, including many different areas of the hospital and our patient family advisors, have been involved in the planning and design of this new tower." | | Read More |
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| | | | |  | | Complete a Journey | Are you trying to manage your blood pressure, eat healthier, or get more active? Try Aetna's online program called "Journeys." Complete two of these programs to earn $100 toward your Emory medical plan.
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| |  | | Have you ever thought "I am healthy; clinical research is for people who are ill" - not true! Healthy people are a very important part of research and contribute to medical advances by providing information to researchers about the "normal" state of health. In clinical research, healthy individuals participate as controls or "the norm" to compare with a chronic condition (high blood pressure, depression, diabetes, etc.) under investigation. And healthy aging itself has become a national focus of research.
Research into health and disease has been going on for nearly 2,700 years producing results to improve human health and wellbeing. As early as 634 B.C. Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar conducted a ten-day study to find out if a meat & wine diet vs. legumes & water would keep soldiers more fit. The legumes & water diet proved best. | | Read More |
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| |  | | Get active. It works! | Do you take time to move, stretch, or breathe throughout your workday? Healthy Emory's new campaign, Active Works, encourages employees to increase their activity at work. Learn about resources to assist you.
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