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Anxiety disorder lands Braves' Luis Ayala on DL

ATLANTA - Braves right-hander Luis Ayala was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday because of an anxiety disorder.The move was retroactive to April 25. Right-hander David Carpenter was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett in time for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/baseball/2013-04-30/anxiety-disorder-lands-b
Valeant to buy Bausch + Lomb

...populations, growing demand in emerging markets and increasing rates of diabetes. Complications of the complex blood sugar disorder can damage the eyes over time.Investment firm Warburg Pincus, which leads an investment group that owns Bausch + Lomb...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-27/valeant-buy-bausch-lomb
Ginger Chamblin

...both were active and vital members of Trinity Presbyterian Church. Ginger was forthright about her struggles with bipolar disorder. She counseled that depression did not have to be a dead end street, and her transparency on this issue has helped many with...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000165174614
Former deputy battles clotting disorder

...they could do for me. Go out and enjoy whatever time I had left."Thompson, 45, is fighting a baffling blood-clotting disorder that has led to a massive stroke, several heart attacks, loss of vision in both eyes and constant and often excruciating...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2012-12-27/former-deputy-battles-clotti
Military families shoulder weight of deployment

...health problems ? including depression, anxiety and sleep disorders ? the longer deployments last."The goodbyes never get...rarely sees post-traumatic stress that is diagnosed as a disorder."Every soldier has post-traumatic stress and, for most...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-25/military-families-shoulder-we
Fundraiser for boy with rare disease

...him feel better."Landin, 5, has an extremely rare blood disorder called Langerhans cell histiocytosis, in which his body produces...his gastrointestinal system and caused other problems.The disorder affects 1 to 2 people per 100,000, according to the Genetics...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-04-01/fundraiser-boy-rare-disease
Columbia police chief resigns, says he's suffering PTSD

...his resignation from the post he has held for less than three years, saying he's suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder related to the death of an officer killed in the line of duty.At a news conference at police headquarters, Scott said he...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-22/columbia-police-chief-resigns-says-
FDA flags Martinez compounding pharmacy recall of eye drug

...has received five reports of eye infections from physicians who used the drug to treat macular degeneration, a common vision disorder in seniors.The compounding pharmacy is recalling 40 lots of Avastin distributed to doctors' offices in Georgia, Louisiana...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-20/fda-flags-martinez-compoun
Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny

...to 20 percent of the 2.6 million service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In fiscal year 2011, the VA served nearly 6.1 million patients at its 152 medical centers.At the Atlanta VA Medical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-05-25/deaths-atlanta-va-hospital-p
Study examines lingering effects of 2005 Graniteville train wreck, chlorine spill

...other respiratory ailments, skin issues and cancer, along with depression and anxiety similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, Sanders said.The wreck took a huge toll on quality of life in the area, and the resulting plant closings and unemployment...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-04/study-examines-lingering-effe