Press Releases for Patient Stories

1. A Georgia Cancer Survivor now Battles Heart Disease
   March 4, 2019
   In May of 1991, Jenifer Reese began treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was a college student at Texas Tech, living six hours from home, and fighting cancer.
2. Hospitals recognize New Year’s babies
   January 7, 2019
   For many, the new year is a time of new beginnings and bold life changes. That’s especially true for families who welcome the birth of a baby on the holiday.
3. Canton couple welcome Cherokee’s first baby of 2019
   January 2, 2019
   Over its most recent fiscal year, an average of almost five babies per day were delivered at Northside Hospital Cherokee, spokeswoman Katherine Watson said Wednesday.
4. Northside Hospital encourages lung cancer awareness all-year long
   December 10, 2018
   The American Cancer Society estimates more than 7,100 Georgians will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year.
5. In Heart Support Group, Patients Counsel Others
   November 29, 2018
   Sam and Judy Pittard work as a team to visit patients at Northside Hospital Cherokee who have been through a heart event, such as a heart attack or major surgery to treat heart disease.
6. Georgia man finds help, hope after heart scare
   October 29, 2018
   Things unraveled quickly for Sam Pittard in the summer of 2016.
7. Program helps parents after loss of a baby
   October 24, 2018
   Diana and Ken Allen's journey to parenthood wasn't easy.
8. Art in Survivorship: ‘The Most Beautiful I’ve Ever Felt’
   October 2, 2018
   Gloria Wyatt was never one to skip her yearly mammogram.
9. Healing from Cancer through Positivity and Portraits
   October 2, 2018
   After moving from Atlanta to Buffalo in fall 2015, Melissa Wieleba was just starting to settle into her new southern lifestyle. But later in November, her everyday life took a pivot from the norm.
10. 26, Pregnant, and a Cancer Diagnosis
    September 18, 2018
    Two years ago, Molly Bruce was expecting her first child. But at six months, Molly’s pregnancy became anything but typical.
11. Battling Cancer Hand in Hand, Heart in Heart
    August 13, 2018
    Born and raised in Ireland, Matthew and Eilis McLoughlin touched down in the United States just two days after saying “I do.”
12. Surviving sarcoma: a bump in the journey
    August 2, 2018
    It all started with a small, painless bump on Macgill Fruthcey’s shoulder
13. Groundbreaking clinical trial helps local woman become cancer free
    May 22, 2018
    To 50 year-old Kristen Hirst, she was the healthiest person in the world. She has been active her entire life from lifting weights to running long distances
14. Finding a Cancer “Network” of Hope
    May 18, 2018
    Suddenly, I wasn’t ‘alone’ anymore
15. Sonia Ray holds nothing back about her “bold and breastless” days when she tells her story to a room full of strangers
    May 18, 2018
    In 2011, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage three breast cancer and endured six different surgeries over the course of the next two years