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Danielle HarrisWHAT: Children in the CSRA living with asthma will learn interactive tricks to manage their symptom triggers during Augusta University’s fifth annual Augusta Areas Asthma Day Camp...
Toni BakerIt’s a metabolite found in essentially all our cells that, like so many things, cancer overexpresses. Now scientists have shown that when they inhibit 20-HETE, it reduces both the...
Kelly JasperEvery summer, students at Augusta University offer free personalized and preventative health screenings, education and services to farmworkers in rural South Carolina. In 12...
Brennan MeagherIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses the role of...
Nick GarrettWhat do gold medalist swimmer Kelsi Worrell and legendary track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee have in common? If asthma wasn’t your first guess, you’re not alone. For...
Denise ParrishDr. Bill Jacobs, addiction medicine expert at Bluff Plantation and associate professor and chief of Addiction Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, talks...
Age and obesity conspire to damage the tiny blood vessels that feed the heart, causing heart failure
Age and obesity appear to create a perfect storm that can reduce blood flow through the tiny blood vessels that directly feed our heart muscle and put us at risk for heart...
Help CHOG, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, by participating in Miracle Treat Day.
Summer is here and the warmer temps make this a great time for running outdoors. But, before you head to your next race, Augusta University Sports Medicine offers the following...
Eric JohnsonBeginning the morning of July 18, Augusta University’s Institutional Review Board will host a Research Community Forum at the Augusta Marriott hotel. The conference, co-sponsored...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses...
Arthur TakahashiPeople who have questions about the new campus carry law, also known as House Bill 280, will have a chance to get the information they need during four public forums in July...
Taylor LambAugusta University Director of Athletics Clint Bryant introduced Millette Green as the next head coach of the Jaguar women’s basketball program at a press conference on Wednesday...
Chris CurryAustin Parks’ life was interrupted when his doctor and a team at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia diagnosed him with rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of cancer affecting connective...
A new Department of Population Health Sciences has been established at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University to strengthen the public medical school’s impact on the...
Chances are you’ve noticed some young folks walking around the health sciences campus wearing a new color of JagSwag. The highly coveted teal-green shirts were specially...
Isabelle Green earned gold at the world karate championships in June. Despite a daily fight with arthrogryposis, a chronic joint condition that limits much of her movements, this...
StaffBy Sara Carney Dr. Cathy Dyches has joined the Augusta University College of Nursing as Assistant Dean of the Athens Campus (CONAT). In this role, Dyches will lead faculty, staff...
Six-thousand years ago, a Native American community inhabited a 60-acre stretch of grassland and forest just outside of Warrenton, Georgia. They were likely ancestors to the...
A male breast cancer survivor wants to make sure his fellow men have access to the treatment options needed to win their own fight against cancer. Cecil Herrin joined leaders from...