Category - Health

Cancer Center announces name change

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The GRU Cancer Center will become the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. “This new name not only reflects our status as the state of Georgia’s official...

Ellison Lectureship program in pictures

Kicking off Alumni Weekend, Dr. Kevin Campbell delivered the Drs. Robert and Lois Ellison Lecture on Thursday, April 28. His talk, titled “Using Social Media to Transform...

10 ways women can stay healthy

Today’s woman has a life jammed with work, family and social events. Oftentimes, women get so busy taking care of others that they fail to care for themselves, and this can be...

From 500 seizures to zero

It’s a time that Marjorie St. John describes as “March madness” — the month that her 2-year-old daughter suffered 500 grand mal seizures and three hospitalizations. From talking...

AU Health legal name announcement

By now you have probably had the opportunity to experience the new Augusta University brand. You may have seen our new look on television or billboards … while taking a stroll...

Raft Debate 2016 in photos

Representatives from medicine, pediatrics and surgery tried to sway Medical College of Georgia students during the 14th annual Raft Debate Friday, April 15, by debating which...

One of two hospital appeals dismissed

The following email was distributed to the Augusta University community earlier today from Shawn Vincent, interim chief operating officer, Augusta University Health In November...

A new lease on life

A stroll along the beautiful streets of Paris isn’t the most likely place to spot an early symptom of Parkinson’s disease, but for John Baker of Columbia, South  Carolina, that’s...

Celebrate Donate Life Month today

–Please note the new venue– The Augusta University Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program celebrates Donate Life Month on Friday. Employees, patients and patient...

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