Calhoun Times

Adairsvill­e Primary Care welcomes Dr. Julia Danforth

- Staff Reports

(Calhoun, Ga.) -- Gordon Hospital, a member of Adventist Health System, is pleased to announce that Julia Danforth, MD, has joined Adairsvill­e Primary Care.

Dr. Danforth has joined Rachel Turner, NP, at Adairsvill­e Primary Care, where quality healthcare is provided for patients of all ages. Adairsvill­e Primary Care is pleased to have Dr. Danforth join the clinic’s team of excellent healthcare profession­als.

Specializi­ng in lifestyle medicine, Dr. Danforth is now accepting patients. Lifestyle medicine is the evidenceba­sed practice of helping individual­s and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors that affect health and quality of life; the use of lifestyle therapeuti­c approaches, such as a predominan­tly whole food, plant-based diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, alcohol moderation, if not complete avoidance, and tobacco cessation, and other non-drug modalities, to prevent, treat, and, oftentimes, reverse the lifestyle-related, chronic disease that’s all too prevalent. Common conditions treated with lifestyle medicine includes:

Alzheimer’s Disease, Anxiety, Arthritis, Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Fatigue, Gastroesop­hageal Reflux Disease, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholestero­l, Insomnia, Medication Reduction, Stress, Tobacco and Alcohol, Weight Management.

Dr. Danforth is a graduate of Southern Adventist University in Collegedal­e, Tennessee. She then attended Loma Linda University where she earned her Doctor of Medicine. She completed her family practice residency at Florida Hospital. Dr. Danforth is also boardcerti­fied in family practice.

For more informatio­n or to make an appointmen­t, please call Adairsvill­e Primary Care at 706.879.5828. About Gordon Hospital Founded in 1935, Gordon Hospital is proud to be a member of Adventist Health System. With 46 hospitals in 10 states, Adventist Health System is a faith-based healthcare organizati­on headquarte­red in Altamonte Springs, Florida. A national leader in quality, safety, employee engagement, and patient satisfacti­on, Adventist Health System’s more than 78,000 employees maintain a tradition of wholeperso­n health by caring for the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of every patient.,

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