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Brennan MeagherThis year, more than 50,000 new cases of oral, head and neck cancers will be diagnosed in the U.S. Many of these cases will not be diagnosed until the cancer is in an advanced stage. Head and neck cancers are common forms of cancer affecting the...
Kelly JasperRadiologists and physicists at Augusta University turned to the award-winning pediatric imaging suite at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia to scan a 75-million-year-old raptor egg.
Andy NapierParents, take a good look in the mirror. How are your teeth these days? If you’ve ever wished that your mom and dad had taught you better dental hygiene habits, now’s your chance to pay it forward—to your own kids. Check out this post on the CHOG...
Want to lose weight, get smarter, be more attractive or get the sympathy you deserve? Then what are you waiting for? Getting healthy just got real. Learn a few simple and effective ways to help your body get and stay healthy from this post on the...
In 2011, professional tennis player Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open and revealed to the world that she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Sjogren’s syndrome. Researchers at Augusta University recently obtained a patent...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Too much of a protein already associated with prostate cancer appears to also diminish the energy burning power of brown fat, scientists report. Their studies of the protein Id1 also show high levels reduce conversion of unhealthy...
The University of South Carolina Aiken and Augusta University will conduct a press conference in USC Aiken’s Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. The two institutions teamed up to examine a raptor egg being donated to USC Aiken.
StaffDue to inclement weather, Augusta University, including The Dental College of Georgia and East Georgia State College-Augusta, will close at 1 p.m. today. AU Medical Center and its clinics will remain open. University faculty and staff should not...
Denise ParrishThe Compensation Committees for the boards of AU Medical Center and AU Health System will have a joint meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in conference room FG-2201, Human Resources offices located at 1515 Pope Avenue. For more information, call...
Sr. Airman Allison Gross, 22, of Indiana, and Craig Harville, 21, of California, were married at 3 p.m. Thursday in the second-floor chapel at AU Medical Center. Allison, who is 30-weeks pregnant with twin girls, is on bedrest and under the watchful...
Medical College of Georgia faculty are consistently recognized among the top 1 percent in the nation for patient care, education, research. For 16 consecutive years, AU Medical Center has been the only local hospital to have its physicians included...
Danielle HarrisIf you were near the Children’s Hospital of Georgia Wednesday morning, you might have heard a lot of noise outside of the medical center. That was due to a Blackhawk landing on the hospital’s helipad as part of the U.S. Department of...
Dr. Xin-Yun Lu, an established investigator pursuing the potential of two fat-cell derived hormones as novel therapies for depression and PTSD, has been named professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical...
Eric JohnsonApril is Donate Life Month, and what better way to kick it off than with barbeque and snow cones? Don’t miss the Donate Life Month Kick-Off event from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, March 31, at Terrace Green on the Health Sciences Campus. Pot Smokers...
Emergency personnel throughout Augusta will join Augusta University’s medical center in an emergency response exercise on Wednesday, March 29. The mock scenario involves a hurricane that results in the flooding of Downtown Augusta which then...
The following information was distributed by Lee Ann Liska, executive vice president for health affairs for Augusta University and chief executive officer for AU Medical Center. Our top priority at AU Health is to provide the highest level of...
Georgia ranks highest in the country for maternal mortality, but Augusta University is taking steps to combat this health disparity. Dr. Chad Ray, an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured in a new Fusion...
Reneé McCabe, a registered nurse with more than 30 years of experience in pediatrics, is the new coordinator of Safe Kids Greater Augusta, a non-profit organization that works in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Georgia to help prevent...
There once was a girl named Joan who was about to eat dinner at home. Her face was quite glum. I hate milk, she said with a groan. At eight o’clock in walked her Dad. Drink your milk, Joan, or I will be mad. Milk keeps your bones strong and...
It was easy when your kids were little. “The stork brings babies,” you’d say, and they would blink their wondering eyes, nod solemnly and go on playing. But as your kids grow up, the questions became more pointed. Until—gulp!—you realize: It’s time...