The next meeting of the Augusta University Health System Board is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, 1446 Harper St., in first-floor conference room BT-1810.
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Too little fat is bad for cardiovascular health and leptin therapy may help
We know that too much body fat is generally bad for our cardiovascular system, and now scientists are learning more about how too...
Senate Study Committee on Health Care Access Meeting to be Held Oct. 16
The College of Nursing (CON) and the Office of Governmental Affairs at Augusta University will host a meeting of the Senate Study...
Likely new treatment target identified for diabetic retinopathy
In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky...
Children’s Hospital dietitian to share nutrition tips with kids at local Subways for World Food Day
Subway restaurants across the CSRA and local food and nutrition expert Sarah Tankersley are celebrating World Food Day with a series...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
A study of otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those who consumed the least vitamin K1– found in spinach, cabbage, iceberg...
Last chance to register for Cyber Georgia @ Augusta University
The last chance to register is Oct. 6 for the fourth annual Cyber Georgia @ Augusta University, which will bring the nation’s top...
Kountakis receives Presidential Citation from American Rhinologic Society
Dr. Stilianos Kountakis, chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta...
Smith awarded $300,000 grant to continue vision study
Dr. Sylvia Smith, co-director of the James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, was awarded a $300,000 grant to further study...
Cancer vaccines need to target T cells that can persist in the fight against cancer
Cancer vaccines may need to better target T cells that can hold up to the long fight against cancer, scientists report. Studies of two...
Augusta University Sports Medicine partners with local high schools to keep athletes healthy
With fall sports in full swing, Augusta Univesity Jaguar Sports Medicine’s new partnership with the Richmond County Board of Education...
Shaffer named executive vice president
Michael Shaffer, vice president of government relations and chief advocacy officer at Augusta University, has been named executive...
Deese named executive director of Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home
Carlton Deese has been named executive director of the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. He succeeds Charles Esposito, who will...
Educating women about gynecological cancer
This month is the perfect time to talk to the women in your life about their health to make sure they’re talking to their family...
Steroid hormones could hold further clues about age-related bone loss
A group of steroid hormones could provide new insight into the bone loss and deterioration that occurs with aging, researchers at the...
Less than 1 percent of patients impacted by phishing attack of faculty email accounts
AU Medical Center, Inc. (AUMC) and Augusta University have notified a limited number of patients about a recently discovered security...
Hooks named assistant dean with College of Nursing
Dr. J. Dwayne Hooks Jr. will be the new assistant dean for community partnerships at Augusta University’s College of Nursing. Hooks...
Intermittent electrical stimulation of key brain area that degenerates in Alzheimer’s improves memory
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Intermittent electrical stimulation of an area deep inside the brain that degenerates in Alzheimer’s appears to improve...
Sickle cell patient hopes her story inspires hope for others
Life is never the same for a child diagnosed with sickle cell disease. They must learn the strategies necessary to live a normal live...
Scientists find new evidence about how to prevent worsening pneumonia
Sodium channels in the cells that line the tiny capillaries in our lungs play an important role in keeping those capillaries from...