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Toni BakerInjury or disease in combination with too little vitamin D can be bad for the window to your eyes. The three-layer, transparent cornea at the front of the eyes focuses the light coming in. But its prominent position also puts it at risk for injury...
Danielle HarrisAugusta University to launch its annual IGIVE fundraising campaign this month with celebrations for both day- and night- shift employees. Employees on the Health Sciences campus will be able to give Aug. 8 and Aug. 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m...
Taylor LambDEN BOSCH, Netherlands – Augusta University men’s basketball alum Keshun Sherrill signed a professional basketball contract with New Heroes Basketball out of Den Bosch, Netherlands. “It’s a great feeling coming from high school to college and then...
Nick GarrettAnsley Stuart, a librarian instructor embedded in the College of Allied Health Sciences, made an intriguing point in a recent blog post for the Oxford University Press Libraries. The future of librarians, she says, will revolve around embedded...
Augusta University women’s golf senior Jessica Haigwood carded a final round of 3-under par 69 for a championship total of 3-under par 141 to win the Georgia Women’s Open on Tuesday at PineTree Country Club in Kennesaw, Ga. “Winning this tournament...
Kelly JasperThousands of other Georgians are reaping the benefits of telemedicine, a phenomenon that brings doctors and patients together in real time via a computer screen, according to a new article in Georgia Trend that featured Augusta University...
Denise Parrish[mks_col] [mks_one_half]It’s time to to show your true colors! The colors have been chosen and a kickoff event for the implementation of the AU Health Uniform Branding Initiative has been scheduled. Please mark your calendars for the uniform...
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 efforts to regulate stem cells that seem prone to make fat, rather than bone and...
Chris CurryWhile some students are enjoying summer vacation, others are getting ready to start practices for fall sports. Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, wants to share five...
Employees 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...
Media 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.
Augusta 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...
It’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...