In This Issue

The history of Hormone Replacement Therapy is a sorted one. Once hailed to be the go-to cure for reliving menopausal symptoms, reports in the early 2000s linked it to higher chances of developing cancerous cells and other health risks such as stroke and blood clots. Now, over a decade later, new information is coming out that could completely thwart this notion. While the benefits are still attractive to many patients, there are varying opinions on the long-term risks. We asked two prominent doctors to help us bridge the gap when it comes to this controversial method of coping with menopause.

Pediatricians Ben Spitalnick and Keith Seibert bring us the new go-to guide for the modern mother

On the scale of one to most southern thing ever, we can’t think of anything more ubiquitous than sweet tea. Our favorite recipe comes from the Patron Saint of Southern sippers- Paula Deen

Andreas and Elisha Argentinis are transforming the jewelry business by merging craftsmanship and technology.

We love Roger Moss and his pitch perfect band of kids at the Savannah Children’s Choir

Ever hear the old adage that laughter is the best medicine? There is no joking behind the evidence that supports this claim. The list of benefits resonate like the tagline for a miracle drug: Quick, simple solution! Readily available! Accessible to everyone! It’s fun! And. . . . it’s free!

A simple administration of Naloxone could save countless lives from the death sentence that is overdosing.

  Headquartered in midtown Savannah, Optim Orthopedics (originally founded as Orthopedic Center, PC) has been operating since 1976. Our focus is in orthopedics and have 22 highly specialized physicians that see patients in over 20 satellite locations throughout southeast Georgia.…

  Many of us have to go-to pain meds we instinctively reach for whenever we feel any type of pain coming on, but this guide will help you break that pattern. Our chiropractors top the list not only because of…

  Chatham Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., is Savannah’s longest-running orthopaedic practice. Established in the 1950s, we have grown to a practice of
ten orthopaedic and pain management doctors in the greater Savannah area, as well as a team of highly-skilled physician assistants,…

Come one, come all to A.W.O.L.’s generational mash-up of music, politics and self expression. For the third consecutive year, the youth-oriented nonprofit organization All Walks of Life, Inc. will present its Hip-Hop History Play—an elaborate musical production that features more…

If you’re in knots over your impending nuptials, try tying the knot at one of two local ceremonies that will spare your holy matrimony of grief. Looking for a gift idea that will last your lover longer than a plain…

    In a music video co-directed by Terry Duthu and Kevin Phillips, a male front man in tight pants and a fur jacket jumps and thrashes through a rusted out junkyard while pink paint and white feathers fly through…

  In 1966, Dr. Maulana Karenga encouraged black America to step away from the commercialization of Christmas. He created a holiday to recognize the heritage of people stranded from their lineage and wrapped up in consumerism, and over 40 years…

  The oldest Torah scroll in America rests inside a museum at Congregation Mickve Israel on Monterey Square. Each year on July 11—the anniversary of the arrival of 42 Jewish settlers in Savannah just five months after the founding of…

  Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large ham hock 1 cup onion, chopped 1/2 cup celery, chopped 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped 4 ears of corn, grilled and kernels removed 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1 pound black-eyed peas, soaked…

  hanksgiving leftovers mean everything. Don’t refer to that Tupperware full of turkey and herbed oyster stuffing as refrigerated; it’s a Phoenix, reborn from the microwave as an emotional placeholder on the timeline to the Christmas ham. But each December,…

  Farmers, both black and white, came from the surrounding countryside to ship their wares off by rail. But more than a transit hub, West Broad was a cultural nexus for Savannah’s black and Jewish com- munities. In his book…

  It’s a typical busy day at the large brick building that is home to the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police head- quarters. Police officers, some in uniform and others in plain clothes, hustle in and out of the double glass doors…

  t’s not an uncommon scene in Savannah these days: An office worker takes her lunch out to Johnson Square, plugs headphones into her iPod and takes in the casual bonhomie of her surroundings. Cars edge past towering bank buildings,…

  It has been said that Royce Hayes is the king of Monkey Island. The lone year-round resident of St. Catherine’s Island, Georgia—sometimes referred to as “Monkey Island” by locals—Hayes has lived and worked in near-solitude for thirty-two years. There…

  Every once in a while you’ll stumble across an obituary in the Savannah Morning News that lists “debutante” as one of the deceased’s most esteemed and cherished accomplishments, like a military rank with which a valiant serviceman is buried,…