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Denise ParrishThe Rev. William Jeffrey Flowers, director of Pastoral Care at Augusta University Health, has been named a 2017 Hospital Hero by the Georgia Hospital Association.
Chris CurryNearly 500 people living in the CSRA learned what changes they need to make to live a healthier lifestyle and lower their risk for developing the deadliest form of cancer.
Toni BakerOxidative stress plays a big role in the brain cell loss that occurs in Parkinson’s disease. Now scientists have their sights on a protein that inhibits one of the body’s natural protections against it. The blocker is Bach1, a protein and...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAugusta University students will honor 103 individuals who have donated their body to health sciences education at the annual Body Donor Memorial Service at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10.
The Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health have joined the first large national clinical trial to determine if bone marrow transplantation should be part of the standard of care for patients with sickle cell disease. The National...
Danielle HarrisAugusta University welcomes renowned authors Patrick Phillips and Drew Lanham as the keynote speakers for the 2017 Sand Hill Writers Series. This free seminar will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 23 on the Summerville Campus in the Jaguar Student...
The next meeting of the Augusta University Health System Board is scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, 1446 Harper St., in first-floor conference room BT-1810.
We know that too much body fat is generally bad for our cardiovascular system, and now scientists are learning more about how too little fat yields some of the same damage. Their goals include determining whether leptin replacement therapy for...
Sara CarneyThe College of Nursing (CON) and the Office of Governmental Affairs at Augusta University will host a meeting of the Senate Study Committee on Barriers to Georgians’ Access to Adequate Healthcare (SR188), which will be open to the public. The...
In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky, dysfunctional vessels that make bad matters worse. Now scientists have identified a new target for reducing that dysfunctional...
Subway restaurants across the CSRA and local food and nutrition expert Sarah Tankersley are celebrating World Food Day with a series of Share the Color food workshops designed to teach children how to make better food choices, such as making...
A study of otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those who consumed the least vitamin K1– found in spinach, cabbage, iceberg lettuce and olive oil – were at 3.3 times greater risk for an unhealthy enlargement of the major pumping chamber of...
Arthur TakahashiThe last chance to register is Oct. 6 for the fourth annual Cyber Georgia @ Augusta University, which will bring the nation’s top cybersecurity experts to the area.
Dr. Stilianos Kountakis, chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the recipient of a 2017 Presidential Citation from the American Rhinologic Society. Kountakis, who...
Dr. Sylvia Smith, co-director of the James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute, was awarded a $300,000 grant to further study retinitis pigmentosa.
Cancer vaccines may need to better target T cells that can hold up to the long fight against cancer, scientists report. Studies of two T cell types that are equally activated by alpha-fetoprotein, a well-established antigen made by liver cancer...
With fall sports in full swing, Augusta Univesity Jaguar Sports Medicine’s new partnership with the Richmond County Board of Education is helping high school athletes stay healthy on and off the field. The Jaguar Sports Medicine’s Richmond County...
Christen EngelMichael Shaffer, vice president of government relations and chief advocacy officer at Augusta University, has been named executive vice president of strategic partnerships and economic development for the university and health system. Russell Keen...
Carlton Deese has been named executive director of the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. He succeeds Charles Esposito, who will retire Oct. 1 after 32 years of service at the nationally recognized skilled nursing facility. “As executive director...
This month is the perfect time to talk to the women in your life about their health to make sure they’re talking to their family doctor about the dangers of gynecological cancers. “Talk as much as you can, because there are no dumb questions,” said...