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A congratulations sign for Morehouse School of Medicine class of 2013 student Samantha Hill joins others during the 29th Match Day ceremony at the Atlanta institution on Friday March 15th, 2013. Students, parents & family gathered at the Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care Auditorium to open their envelopes one by one to find out where they will spend their residency. At Morehouse, 50 percent of those students will enter primary care, nowhere near enough to fill the deepening shortage of the more than 16, 000 needed to meet current health care needs. Primary care includes family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preventive medicine, geriatric medicine and osteopathic general practice.

Photos: Morehouse School of Medicine's Match Day

At Morehouse, 50 percent of the medical school students will enter primary care, nowhere near enough to fill the deepening shortage of the more than 16, 000 needed to meet current health care needs. Primary care includes family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preventive medicine, geriatric medicine and osteopathic ...

Nov. 29, 2012 Atlanta — After her husband died in November 2008, Betty Golden, shown here in her Atlanta apartment Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, decided to knit 63 caps in memory of her husband — one cap for every year they were married. She donated the knitted hats to be given to children in hospitals and shelters. BITA HONARVAR / BHONARVAR@AJC.COM

Golden stitches kindness in every hat, now at 3,000

Betty Golden set a goal of knitting and donating 63 children’s caps — one for every year of marriage. Rounded up, of course.It all started in early 2009 shortly after her husband Stan Golden collapsed and died. They were four months shy of their 63rd anniversary.Consumed with grief, Betty Golden, ...

Halle Berry, actress and former fashion model (The Associated Press)

Famous people with diabetes

Browse a photo gallery of actors, athletes and musicians with diabetes.

Phthalates may double diabetes risk

Phthalates (pronounced thal-ates), those common chemicals found in cosmetics, scented candles, and plastics, may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Previous studies of phthalates have mainly focused on how they affect reproductive health and child development. These chemicals are believed to act as endocrine disrupters in the body, ...

Which doctors are happiest? Healthiest?

Which doctors are happiest? Which are healthiest? How many doctors are churchgoers? How many doctors are overweight? And where do they go on vacation? Last year's Medscape/WebMD's 2012 Physician Lifestyle Report gave a peek at what doctors do when the white coats come off. More than 29,000 doctors, representing 25 ...

9-year-old girl receives rare six-organ transplant

9-year-old girl receives rare six-organ transplant

9-year-old Maine girl Alannah Shevenell is home after successfully undergoing a rare six-ogran transplant

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