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Sara CarneyIn the first of a year-long series of events celebrating the Augusta University College of Nursing’s 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee, over 300 bachelors- and masters-level students will don their white coats on Friday, signifying their entrance...
Denise ParrishGeorgia’s only public dental school at Augusta University lauded for research, international collaboration and award-winning faculty The Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University is ranked among the top dental schools in the world, according...
After 32 years of service as executive director of the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home, Charles Esposito will retire Oct. 1.
Danielle HarrisLet’s count to 16, boys and girls! 1, 2, 3 … 16. That’s right – 16 is the number of Emmy awards Sesame Street’s Sonia Manzano earned for her role as Maria during her time on the beloved and educational PBS children’s television series. The award...
Arthur TakahashiAUGUSTA, Ga. – Joanne Sexton, director of the Augusta University Cyber Institute, has been named founding dean of the new School of Computer and Cyber Sciences. The appointment is effective immediately. For the past 18 years, Sexton has overseen the...
Toni BakerOlder people receiving electroconvulsive therapy for their depression likely will need an additional treatment if insomnia is one of their symptoms, researchers report. “What we can say is that ECT is a powerful antidepressant with a global effect...
Public/Private Partnerships for Translational Research is the topic for the 2017 Southern Translational Education and Research Conference set for Sept. 21-22 at the Augusta Marriott Hotel downtown. The regional research meeting, sponsored by the...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottThe longtime chairman of the medical school’s Department of Family Medicine and the president and CEO of the Savannah health system that serves as one home base to students studying at MCG’s Southeast Campus were honored Friday by Dr. David C. Hess...
To ensure a dynamic future, the state’s public medical school must work to stabilize and transform its own health system and lead efforts to develop a unique statewide academic health system, that builds on its statewide campus network, to foster...
It’s a cancer of the plasma cells, which normally make an array of antibodies that protect us from infection. With multiple myeloma, the cells start primarily producing instead a singular product, called a monoclonal antibody, or M spike, that...
Augusta University and The Georgia Chamber bring the nation’s top cybersecurity experts to Augusta. Registration is open for the fourth annual Cyber Georgia @ Augusta University, which will bring the nation’s top cybersecurity experts to the area...
Dr. David C. Hess, 27th dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, will give his inaugural State of the College Address at noon Friday, Aug. 11, in the Natalie and Lansing B. Lee Jr. Auditorium. In his talk, “Blueprint for our...
IBM’s Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping this icon of artificial intelligence will help people with cancer win as well by providing a rapid, comprehensive report of the genetic mutations at the root of their...
In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, two NICU programs ensure that newborns – and moms – get the right nourishment.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – When women are hypertensive their physicians should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels damages the cardiovascular system, scientists say. If aldosterone levels are high, they should consider...
Kelly JasperWhy are eclipses so rare? What happens during these fascinating and beautiful events? Why have people historically been so terrified of them? Augusta University has answers.
Augusta University is one of five universities partnering with the International Association of Chiefs of Police on its One Mind Campaign, an initiative designed to foster successful interactions between police officers and persons affected by...
Quante Singleton, a third-year medical student at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, says that he always knew he wanted to be a physician, even if he wasn’t sure how he was going to become one. “Growing up, I knew what I wanted to...
Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene known to support cancer’s spread significantly reduce metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer, scientists say. The WASF3 gene helps cancer become mobile and invasive. Manmade...
Dr. Ruth B.S. Harris, physiologist and professor in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the new president-elect of the international Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The...