Volunteer clinical faculty at the state’s public medical school were honored for their teaching efforts at the medical school’s annual...
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Novel therapy makes oxidative stress deadly to cancer
Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead helps...
Knowing when to go to the doctor because of a headache
“If you look at headache as a disease, more than 10 percent of the world's population suffers from chronic, recurrent, disabling...
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Will there ever be a vaccine against cancer?
Dr. Esteban Celis recently spoke on the future of cancer treatments and if a vaccine against cancer would ever be possible.
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Whatever happened to Zika?
The Zika virus made global headlines on a daily basis in 2015 and 2016. Now, the virus is barely talked about and is circulating at a much...
Medical Center receives funding to establish Adrenal Gland Center
When Curt Thompson’s son was diagnosed with a paraganglioma, a tumor from the adrenal gland tissue, he was told that, due to the rarity of...
Register today for the 2018 Brain Health Symposium
Learn about the latest research in the fight to cure neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Parkinson ’s during...
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors.
Augusta University students compete for chance to build health startup
Four Augusta University students and one alumnus will be competing for a chance to build their own public health company during the 2018...
Drug may quell deadly immune response when trauma spills the contents of our cells’ powerhouses
When trauma spills the contents of our cell powerhouses, it can evoke a potentially deadly immune response much like a severe bacterial...
Reading this on your phone? You may want to read this story.
Using mobile devices has become an important part of our lives in the past decade, but overuse can lead to smartphone addiction – a problem...
Family honors a wife and mother through cancer research donation
A cancer researcher is determined to take a family’s gift and turn it into hope for liver cancer patients. For the family, it’s an...
Scientists work to dissolve the NETs that worsen TBI damage
AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) – Immune cells that are first responders to a traumatic brain injury appear to also contribute to the secondary...
Roosevelt Foundation gives $62,000 to Warm Springs hospitals
Roosevelt Warm Springs Foundation awards $62,000 to Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals to refurbish historic...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the editor of...
Mercier named vice president of university foundations
Ian Mercier, president and chief executive officer of the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc., has been named vice president for...
New grant to help research compound to treat colorectal cancer
A team of three Georgia Cancer Center researchers is taking the next step towards finding a future treatment option for colorectal cancer...
Medical Minute discusses gene expression and glaucoma
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at...
Adolescents with allergies could be more serious than you think
"The emotional burden of hay fever can be huge for adolescents" said Michael Blaiss, and allergist at Medical College of Georgia.