Category - Health

Strength training for kids

When you think about any sort of physical training, children don’t really come to mind. It seems much more natural for kids to get their physical activity from running around or...

Moms: 5 keys to success with breastfeeding

Ensuring that your baby is getting proper nourishment in the early stages of life can be worrisome. His or her inability to communicate with you, coupled with the importance of...

AUHealth Advantage: PFCC

What does patient- and family-centered care mean to you? Participation? Collaboration? Information sharing? “Patient- and family-centered care to me means we not only involve our...

AUHealth Advantage: Research

  Being an academic health center, Augusta University differs from community hospitals. We have three primary missions — patient care, education and research. This culture...

AUHealth Advantage: Technology

As the region’s only academic health center, we offer remarkable advantages when it comes to health care. One of the most obvious advantages is the access to technologies that...

AUHealth Advantage: Physicians

Every day, you’ll find remarkable things happening in our health system. We’re home to more world-renowned physicians and extraordinary teams of experts than any other area...

Taking the Bite out of Summertime Pests

Your children can’t wait to play and camp outside, but how do you protect them from what lurks outside and often times makes its way into your home? Read the full story at the...

Pro golfer chooses Augusta University Health

A recent column in The Augusta Chronicle featured Augusta native and golfer Charles Howell, who recently chose to return to Augusta to have surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass...

Health system launches blog

On Monday, Augusta University Health officially launched the Your Health Today blog, a site that patients and consumers can visit to read health-related stories about the health...

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