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ELEVATE YOUR
Dear Friends, in central Georgia, as well as an award- ATRIUM HEALTH
winning community partnership with River President and CEO
With the children’s Edge Behavioral Health. Eugene A. Woods
return to school,
we know our At Navicent Health, we work each day NAVICENT HEALTH
beautiful Georgia to ensure those we serve have all the tools President and CEO
summer is drawing they need to achieve health for the mind, Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, FACHE
to a close. We have body and soul. We hope you will find
enjoyed such a this issue useful, and also join us for the Editorial Advisors
lovely summer in health and wellness events included on our Megan Allen
central Georgia and magazine’s pull-out calendar, starting on Cynthia Busbee
at Navicent Health, and we hope you have page 7. We are grateful to partner with you
too. If you have the blues about moving into on your journey. elevate is published quarterly as a
the fall season, we have tips about how to service of Navicent Health,
overcome in this issue of elevate. We also With warm wishes for a beautiful 777 Hemlock Street,
have information about protecting your autumn, Macon, Georgia 31201.
family from those viruses that tend to “pop
up” around the return to school. Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders, FACHE To sign up to receive or to stop
In this issue of elevate, we are also President and CEO receiving elevate, email Megan Allen,
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maternal-fetal medicine offered right here at publicrelations@navicenthealth.org.
T A B L E of C O N T E N T S Published by
There’s an App 4 6 true north custom
for That .......................... 3 11 12
Account Manager
5 Ways to Banish Debra Branson
End-of-Summer Blues... 3
Senior Designer
A State-of-the-Art Katie Kochenderfer
Start ............................... 4
Managing Editor
Rocking Jenny Havron-Miller
Parkinson’s World ......... 6
Copywriters
Back-to-School Thomas Crocker, Hillary Eames,
Wellness....................... 11 Josh Garcia, Jenna Haines,
Katy Mena-Berkley
Stomach IQ:
IBD & IBS ..................... 12 The people featured in photos in Navicent
Health’s elevate magazine are models from our
The Health Benefits community who are actively living healthy lives
of Sweet Potatoes ........ 14 and in no way indicate the model has a health
condition referenced in an article. elevate’s
Roasted Sweet images help readers visualize the positive,
Potato Wedges ............. 14 healthy lifestyles the articles promote.
Health &
Hospital News ............. 15
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