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Medical Minute discusses hypertension in women
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia...
Jacobs featured in ‘Through an Addict’s Eyes’
‘Through an Addict’s Eyes’ tells the story of Travis Peterson, a veteran who became addicted to pain pills after he and his team were...
Piazza talks ‘hospital preparedness’ with CNBC in wake of Vegas shooting
In a recent interview with CNBC about hospital response during the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and injured...
‘Children of Opioids’ segment shows how withdrawal clinic is helping expectant moms
Medical College of Georgia faculty are helping in the fight to end the opioid epidemic. Dr. Paul Browne, a maternal-fetal medicine...
McCall says ‘access’ reason for rural Georgia’s rising suicide rate
Dr. Vaughn McCall, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia, tells...
Guest lecture focuses on end-of-life communication
The Medical College of Georgia’s Leadership through Ethics (LTE) program and the Center for Bioethics and Health Policy will...
Man receives kidney after nine years on waiting list
Rodreigus Allen received a new kidney at Augusta University’s health system after nine years on a transplant list, thanks to the...
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...
New study featured in U.S. News offers heart healthy tips for teens
Are your kids eating enough leafy green vegetables? A new study from Dr. Norman Pollock, a nutritionist and bone biologist at the...
Walk with a Doc puts bedside manner on the move
The inaugural walk of the "Walk With A Doc" program will begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 21 at Pendleton King Park.
Medical Minute on new treatments for depression and insomnia
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia...
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...
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...
Diversity and Inclusion launches speaker series
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion will launch its Diversity and Inclusion Grand Rounds speaker series with a presentation by...
Medical Scholars Research Day set for Sept. 25
Dr. Marie A. Tonette Krousel-Wood, senior associate dean for faculty affairs and associate provost for health sciences at the Tulane...
Dr. Ballard’s “wildly unconventional” tips to stay awake in U.S. News and World Report
Because sometimes coffee won’t cut it, this article in U.S. News and World Report provides some tricks to help you stay awake...
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...