Aging Better

With the back-to-school season in full swing for hundreds of thousands of students across North Georgia, parents are juggling school supplies, new schedules, and classroom prep. But before the school year gets too far underway, medical experts say there is one crucial item that shouldn’t be left off your checklist: a comprehensive wellness exam.

In the latest episode of Aging Better on ANF+, host Cyreia Sandlin sat down with Dr. Dhaval Desai, a Direct Primary Care Physician with The Atlanta Internists and pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, to discuss why early prevention is the key to a healthy, successful school year.

In this week’s episode of Aging Better, Dr. Stan Sonu, Medical Director of Children’s Advocacy at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, discusses how to navigate screen time during the school year.

As the new school year begins, many parents may have concerns about how much screen time their children are exposed to in the classroom and at home. With access to digital devices become deeply embedded in both education and daily life, pediatric experts are shifting their approach from counting minutes to evaluating content.

In this week's episode of Aging Better, Cyreia is joined by pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist Dr. David Schulman from Emory Healthcare.

About one in three Americans will report sleep complaints in a given year, amd he notes, and it can be difficult to sort out normal ups and downs from a true medical issue.

With Fourth of July falling on a Saturday, millions of families will celebrate the holiday as a heat wave sweeps across the country. On this episode of Aging Better, Dr. Andrew Thornton, a board-certified family medicine physician specializing in urgent care with Wellstar Health System, has some advice to enjoy the festivities safely.

Dr. Thornton says heat stroke is the most serious condition on the spectrum of heat-related illness.

More than 7 million Americans age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's, and new research is highlighting why early detection and lifestyle changes matter.

Experts say dementia—including Alzheimer's—typically involves a faster-than-normal decline in cognitive functioning compared with typical aging.

In this week's episode of Aging Better, Host Cyreia Sandlin talks with Gannon Murphy lost both his grandfather and father to Alzheimer's. He is now a passionate advocate, serving on the board of directors of the Georgia chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Murphy shared how easily early symptoms can be dismissed: his father's memory issues were repeatedly chalked up to "just getting older," raising a common question for families—where's the line between normal forgetfulness and cognitive impairment?

In this week's episode of Aging Better, board-certified cardiologist Dr. Eddie Hackler joins Host Cyreia Sandlin for a conversation about men's health.

As a general cardiologist, he says no two days are the same. He may see routine clinic patients, care for people admitted to the hospital, or perform procedures—treating everything from common risk factors to life-threatening events.

Skin cancer rates are climbing fast: cases in the U.S. have tripled from 1975 to 2021, and 1 in 5 Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association. 

Atlanta News First host Cyreia Sandlin welcomes Dr. Alia Brown, a board-certified dermatologist with Georgia Dermatology Partners in metro Atlanta, who warns recent misinformation on social media has made things worse, with millions of Americans reducing their sunscreen use based on misinformation found online.