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Chris CurryEmployees from Cold Stone Creamery are inviting you to visit the Georgia Cancer Center’s Outpatient Services clinic to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The ice cream social is a fundraiser for “Light the Night,” a yearly event...
Denise ParrishMedia advisory for Thursday, July 20 EVENT: Curly, the mascot for Dairy Queen, will make the rounds at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia Thursday, delivering ice creams to patients and families as a prelude to Miracle Treat Day. DQ’s Curly ice...
A study in Helsinki, Finland looked at whether a new type of lozenge can help people stop smoking. It contains the amino acid L-cysteine. It is designed to eliminate a compound in cigarettes that helps a smoker develop an addiction to nicotine...
StaffMrs. Agnes Harper shares her late husband Dr. John T. Harper story of being one of the first Black students to attend The Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Frank M. Rumph shares his story on being one of the first black students at The Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Tommy Leonard shares his story of being one of the first Black students to attend The Medical College of Georgia!
Dr. Joseph Hobbs shares his story on being a black student at the Medical College of Georgia.
Danielle HarrisAugusta University’s efforts in providing health care to pregnant women in rural areas were mentioned in the PBS Newshour and USA Today articles “Crippling Medicaid cuts could upend rural health services.” USA Today: Crippling...
Augusta University Cystic Fibrosis Center becomes a member of the largest clinical trials network in the world Because of an illness that shortens his life expectancy, Coleman James says he sometimes feels like he’s frozen in time. The 13-year-old...
WHAT: 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. BACKGROUND: Augusta University’s Augusta Area 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 size of a breast cancer tumor and its ability to spread to the lungs...
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 years, they’ve provided more than 3,000 screenings. It’s part of a long...
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 stem cells in the development of osteoporosis. The Medical Minute...
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 decades, the chronic inflammatory disease – often seen as a limiting factor...
Dr. 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 to Self Magazine about the opioid epidemic. He notes that most people...
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 failure, scientists report. They call it “aged fat” and scientists now have...
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 tips to help you prepare and avoid injuries. Fuel up the tank. Consume a...
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 by OHRP-DHHS, the University of Georgia, Georgia Southern University...
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 scientist’s efforts to help stem cells make our bone and muscle remain more...