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Chris CurryMultimedia journalists from two TV stations, News 12 NBC 26 and Fox 54, spent part of their Saturday at Lake Olmstead Stadium for the Augusta GreenJackets game against the Lexington Legends. AU Health teamed up with the GreenJackets to celebrate...
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and a great time to remind you about the dangers of being out in the sun for too long. News 12 NBC 26 reporter Britney Craig interviewed Dr. Jigarkumar Parikh, with the Georgia Cancer Center, about what you can do...
Danielle HarrisLisa Cundey and her daughter Lisa Marie are both graduating today from Augusta University, and their story of academic success is a perfect way to kick off the Mother’s Day Weekend. Click the link below to view their story. WJBF: Mother and...
Fox 54’s Shaquille Lord spent Friday night at Westside High School for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Augusta event. The annual celebration of cancer survivors raises money to fund cancer research, as well as money to offer support...
News Channel 6’s Jennie Montgomery invited Dr. Sharad Ghamande, with the Georgia Cancer Center, to talk about cervical, ovarian, and other types of gynecologic cancers. Dr. Ghamande discussed why having a yearly pap smear can save the lives of...
Nick GarrettDid you know a large portion of dental restoration equipment (e.g. temporary crowns) come from overseas? Dental care, like many American industries, is slated to suffer if the United States engages in a trade war with traditional trading partners...
Aiken City Councilmembers passed two initiatives to limit the areas where people can use e-cigarettes during a meeting Monday. Dr. Martha Tingen, with Georgia Prevention Institute, talked with News Channel 6’s Samantha Williams about e-cigarettes...
Brennan MeagherFourteen percent of people under the age of 65 in Richmond County do not have health insurance. On Friday, April 21, Augusta University’s Otolaryngology Clinic hosted a free oral, head and neck cancer screening event. This year, more than...
Denise ParrishEverybody poops, according to Women’s Health magazine writer Tracey Middleton. But the real question is: How frequently should you be going? It can cause anxiety if you and your roommate are on different ends of the spectrum. But experts...
Dr. Jedidiah Ballard, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, talked with WJBF-TV News Channel 6 about the dangers of ATV injuries, and why it’s important to wear a helmet. Ballard said that patients...
Hull College of Business Dean Richard Franza is such a fan of the Masters that the tournament inspired him to name his daughter “Augusta.” Franza and his daughter had the chance to explain their interests in both the sport and the city...
The Easter season is here and, for some, that means indulging in chocolate bunnies, shopping for clothes to wear Easter Sunday or taking the kids Easter egg hunting. However, Christians view this week as a holy time of year marking the end of Lent...
Melissa Furman, assistant dean of the James M. Hull College of Business, has a message for upcoming entrepreneurs and business grads: Now is the best time to get your Masters of Business Administration at Augusta University. “What I think one...
Kelly JasperA new Fortune Magazine highlights seven cities that could become the world’s next cybersecurity capital. Among them? Augusta, Ga. Augusta University President Brooks Keel spoke to Fortune about the university’s role in cybersecurity...
AU Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to use the Philips biosensor in the clinical environment. The hospital decided to test the device on its medical-surgical population to help nurses who sometimes care for up to six med-surge...
Two-year-old Adalyn Dempsey, of Dearing, toddled around a playroom on the fourth floor of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia at Augusta University, blissfully unaware she has a serious medical condition that also connects her to a very famous golfer...
Thanks to the unseasonably warm and cold weather Augusta experienced earlier this year, the Masters is going to look different with many the popular Springtime plants missing from the golf course. Dr. Charlotte Christy, an associate professor of...
The April issue of Georgia Trend magazine includes an article about reaching patients who need specialized care in rural areas of the state. The REACH program, cofounded by Neurologist Dr. David C. Hess, interim dean of the Medical College of...
Young Kaniya Collins had a brain bleed four months ago that nearly killed her. But thanks to the teamwork of neurosurgeons Ian Heger at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and Cargill Alleyne at AU Medical Center, the 9 year old is doing well...
StaffAugusta University students were recently interviewed for GOLF magazine about their experiences working at the Masters Tournament.