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Toni BakerSearching for new ways to reduce the impact of mental stress on our physical well being.
Dr. R. Clinton Webb will receive the 2018 Excellence Award for Hypertension Research.
Higher levels of oxidative stress in males results in lower levels of a cofactor needed to make the powerful blood vessel dilator nitric oxide, researchers report.
Scientists explore how high blood pressure hurts cognition.
Sullivan selected for two national scientific honors.
When trauma spills the contents of our cell powerhouses, it can evoke a potentially deadly immune response much like a severe bacterial infection.
This pantry staple may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
An experimental compound appears to improve stroke outcome by reducing the destructive inflammation that can continue months after a stroke, scientists report.
Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe first board certified intensivist in Georgia and a neonatologist and expert in pediatric nutrition are among the faculty being honored by the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
What do bad sleep habits and stiff blood vessels have in common? Nothing good, MCG scientists say.
Emily LaceyA Program Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is helping to further understand the damage of dead and dying cells in the body.
These hot summer days may tempt some of us to reach for a cold sugary drink, but scientists are finding increasing evidence that if we reach too often, we are setting ourselves up for rapid weight gain. In fact, even more so than sugar-laden foods, scientists have evidence that sugary drinks can...
Dr. Ruth B.S. Harris, physiologist and professor in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the new president-elect of the international Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The multidisciplinary society of some 400 scientists works to...
Christen EngelA new report published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows new evidence to support the link between brain disease and repeated concussions or blows to the head. As part of the study, researchers examined the brain tissues of 202 former football players and found evidence...
HDAC inhibitors, already widely used to treat cancer, may be an effective therapy for psoriasis as well, scientists report. They have shown that HDAC3 inhibitors are particularly adept at increasing expression of aquaporin-3, or AQP3, a channel that transports glycerin, a natural alcohol and water...
The Department of Physiology Seminar Series Mini-Symposium will present “Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases” from 9 a.m.—12:30 p.m. on May 25 at CA-2109 in the Interdisciplinary Research Center on the Health Sciences Campus. The following speakers will be presenting: Dr. Rosalind Coleman, M.D...
Nick GarrettMary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America, will present a seminar titled “Your Role in Changing Hearts and Minds for Science” on Thursday, May 18 at 9 a.m. in Health Sciences Building Room (EC) 1218 during the 14th Virendra B. Mahesh Lectureship. The lectureship, established in 2001 by...
Dr. Adviye Ergul, a vascular physiologist and a prolific stroke researcher at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named a Regents Professor by the University System of Georgia. Regents Professorships honor full-time faculty at the rank of professor whose exemplary...
Ryan Crislip, 30 years old, Physiology Graduate Program, 4th Year PhD Student Ultrasound as an alternative to invasive methods “All started because I do a lot of studies with Ischemia Reperfusion (IR), especially within kidneys, and during this injury process, the kidney swells and increases in...
Many of us have noted how our hands and feet swell after eating too much salt. Now scientists are exploring how high salt intake can also make cells throughout the body of females swell, rupture, dump their contents and die, triggering an immune reaction that contributes to chronic high blood...
