Dr. Alex Mabe, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior weighs in on behavior therapies for children with ADHD. “Positive results often take more time with behavioral therapies, but the results are similar to those...
The Hospital Week smiles continue…
How healthy is the skin you’re in? You’re missing out if your skincare routine doesn’t include a monthly skin self-exam. “Routine self-skin checks are the best way to catch skin cancers at an early stage, when they are still...
Dr. Jim Rawson explains to U.S. News & World Report how the MRI imaging suite at Augusta University Medical Center was redesigned to help put patients at ease. “The walls are painted with beach scenes and MRI machines with skylights that...
Mindfulness might not be just for your mind, according to Inside Higher Ed’s Academic Minute podcast. The audio clip features Augusta University’s Vernon Barnes, who explained how mindful eating may be a healthy way to lose weight...
The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is celebrating its expansion by asking everyone with a cancer story to come write on its walls. Soon demolition will begin on the Georgia Cancer Center’s M. Bert Storey Research building – the first...
Number of babies saved through artificial heart-lung bypass technology exceeds national benchmarks Babies placed on an ECMO machine at Children’s Hospital of Georgia have a greater chance of survival at the state’s second largest children’s hospital...
Day One of Hospital Week saw lots of smiling faces.
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, talks about the life-long impact antibiotic use may have on the immune system of young children...
Paula Chambers is recipient of the 2016 Nursing Specialty Award. Chambers is the charge nurse in the urology practice site and treats patients with prostate cancer and hypogonadism, among other conditions. “Paula advances the power of our patients...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University Medical Center has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s prestigious Energy Star designation for a third time. Augusta University Medical Center is the only hospital in Georgia that holds this...
Advances in recent years have led to increased survival of our service members. In this, our third Wounded Warrior Symposium, we will focus on the ever present, but not always obvious, hidden wounds of wars. These include mild Traumatic Brain...
Linda Wise is a senior staff nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit. She’s part of a team who transports sick infants by helicopter, plane or ambulance from other hospitals to CHOG and is also the coordinator for the neonatal ECMO program. ECMO...
Paul Smith is a senior staff nurse in the surgical intensive care unit, where he takes care of patients who have open-heart surgery and other surgical procedures that require intensive care. The Nursing Specialty Awards are given each year during...
Marcie Johnson is a senior staff nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit and performs nursing assessments on patients who come from the operating room, manages their pain, assesses their physiologic and psychosocial health and transfers them to the...
Samantha Hughes is the charge nurse in the Children’s Hospital of Georgia’s emergency department. She helps to manage the nurses, EMTs and clerks on the pediatric side of the emergency department. Samantha is the lead-by-example kind; during busy...
Catrina Crawford is a senior staff nurse in the echo lab and performs stress tests to increase the heart’s workload and monitors for changes in the patient’s blood pressure and electrical activity of the heart. “Catrina advances the power of our...
Augusta University Health will celebrate the hard work, dedication and commitment of all our medical center personnel with a host of activities during Hospital Week, May 9-13. Monday, May 9, 8-10 a.m. in the Magnolia Room (Terrace Dining): Healthy...
Exciting changes are in store for the M. Bert Storey Cancer Research Building. On May 9, work will begin on the 78,000 square feet of additions and renovations, the first phase of a single center that seamlessly combines clinical cancer care and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The group who developed the National Disaster Life Support Courses, which prepare health care professionals and emergency response personnel for mass casualty events, has been honored with the Ron J. Anderson Public Service Award from...
