Augusta University
Kelly JasperTranscendental meditation may help ease post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in some soldiers and seems to reduce their need for medication, a new study reported on in U.S. News & World Report and the Huffington Post found. “Regular...
Denise ParrishModern Healthcare magazine published an article about the the Philips Healthcare partnership signed this week with Marin General Hospital in California. The article also highlights expense reductions at GRHealth that have resulted from a first-of...
Nick GarrettWhen Maj. Scott Grogan was deployed in Afghanistan, he recognized a need few before him had ever considered. There was ultrasound imaging equipment at his nearest forward aid station. “But nobody was trained to use it,” he said. Grogan and...
Brennan MeagherNew York. Chicago. San Francisco. Washington. Augusta, Georgia. These cities all have one thing in common. They were included in a top 10 list of U.S. cities for art lovers by AARP. Augusta has a vibrant, and growing, art community that includes the...
Advertising interests, not the pursuit of truth, coaxed many papers to adopt a policy of political objectivity in the 20th century. So says Dr. Debra van Tuyll, professor of Communications. “People didn’t want to tick [advertisers] off,”...
Gun sales have more than doubled in a decade, to about 15 million in 2013 from about seven million in 2002. More firearms are sold to residents in the United States than in any other country, according to Jurgen Brauer, a professor of economics at...
Update: New information about Johnson from Augusta University Athletics Shannon Johnson, 45, a former Augusta State University baseball player, was one of the 14 killed in last week’s tragic shooting in San Bernardino, California. According to...
Children’s weight and physical activity levels may affect their thinking and learning skills, according to a new research from the Medical College of Georgia recently featured on WebMD.com. Dr. Catherine Davis, clinical health psychologist at...
Danielle HarrisThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured Georgia Regents Medical Center’s report of twin boys joined at the chest scheduled delivery being done on Nov. 9. Click here to view that article.
Dr. Jim Wilde, professor of Emergency Medicine in the Medical College of Georgia and an infectious disease expert with Children’s Hospital of Georgia, cautions Parents magazine readers about administering antibiotics to children when they...
Dr. Clay Stallworth, one of our pediatricians at the GRHealth West Wheeler Practice Site, shares sleep tips for school-aged children, and his expert tips are published in Health Day, U.S. News & World Report, the Philadelphia Inquirer and more...
StaffHayley Hodgson, a University of Georgia College of Pharmacy student, recently completed a rotation at the GRHealth Pharmacy. During that time, she had a chance to work in the pharmacy’s “Meds to Beds” program, which focuses on...
Dr. Satish Rao, director of Georgia Regents University Digestive Health Center, was recently featured in Men’s Health for his team’s research into a very common, but very perplexing, question: Why does a cup of Joe make you have to go...
Today, Stephen Vincent Benét, author of “The Devil and Daniel Webster,” is regarded as one of the greatest writers of American antiquity. But did you know he once lived on the Summerville Campus? Were you ever curious how the Sand Hills...
Cuban migrants are flocking to the U.S., a trend experts attribute to fears that changing relations between the two countries could end America’s policy that permits residents of the island nation who reach the U.S. to remain here permanently. Dr...
A year after the famous ice bucket challenge, The Augusta Chronicle talks to Dr. Michael Rivner and one of his patients about ALS care and research and the need to keep funding these efforts at Georgia Regents University. Read: Challenge, walk...
Hunter Piper was told he had just two weeks to live when he was in second grade. This Saturday, the 17-year-old high school senior is collecting donations of games, crafts, movies, toys and other items for the Children’s Hospital of Georgia...
Arthur TakahashiU.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, chairman of the NSA and Cybersecurity Subcommittee at House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, talks about Georgia Regents University at an open hearing on global cyber threats, which was held by the House...
Daisy Carlos, a senior management major at Georgia Regents University, knows a thing or two about business. While she was growing up, Carlos said she remembered her mother starting her own successful clothing business in California despite not...
Testimony concluded on Monday in the appeal hearing regarding Georgia Regents Medical Center’s certificate of need to build a hospital in Columbia County. The following is a letter from Shawn P. Vincent, Sr., GRU’s Vice President of...