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Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – Weight and physical activity levels are both factors in a child’s ability to acquire and use knowledge, a new study finds. “The question this paper asks that has not been asked before is whether it is just fitness that influences...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – The trick to making Halloween a treat is being prepared, experts say. “The number one rule is plan, plan, plan,” says Carla Allen, a senior staff nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and an...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – At its most basic level, the brain is about the power of two, says Medical College of Georgia neuroscientist Dr. Joe Z. Tsien. He postulates in his “Theory of Connectivity” that, not unlike high school, where a human clique includes...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, GA. – Dr. Vincent J.B. Robinson, a professor of medicine and radiology and director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at the Medical College of Georgia, has been named Glen E. Garrison, MD Distinguished Chair in...
A new training program at the Medical College of Georgia will help train addiction medicine physicians to prevent, treat and manage the devastating and costly problems of substance use and addiction. The new addiction medicine postgraduate...
AUGUSTA, GA. – Plotting on a grid just how a chicken walks may one day give farmers more insight into how best to protect their flock from non-airborne pathogens that can also hurt their profit. “What this mathematical model tells you at this...
Researchers are looking across the entire human genome to see if early life stress causes persistent changes in gene expression that increase the lifelong risk of cardiovascular disease. “We know this stress is bad, and we can link this stress to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. will discuss “The Role of Faith Communities in Addressing Issues of Social Justice” during the keynote address at the 2015 Pastoral Leadership Conference on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Georgia Regents...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, GA. – Nearly 80 high school students from Richmond and Aiken counties will be introduced to the benefits of nuclear technology and career opportunities in the field at a Nuclear Science Week event Oct. 20 at Georgia Regents University...
Dr. Peter F. Buckley, dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, received the Medical Trailblazer Award from the Augusta City Classic at the organization’s annual banquet and Hall of Fame Induction on Thursday, Oct. 8...
Steven UhlesDr. Samir N. Khleif, Director of the GRU Cancer Center at Georgia Regents University, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), the most prestigious organization in the field of cancer immunology...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – While high levels of the satiety hormone leptin don’t help obese individuals lose weight, they do appear to directly contribute to their cardiovascular disease, researchers report. “With obesity, leptin cannot tell our brain to stop...
Danielle HarrisAUGUSTA, Ga. – The Georgia Regents University Office of Leadership Development invites you to explore the practice of leadership with Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit executives, at the inaugural session of Leading...
A $1 million gift from the estate of Marian P. Haley will establish the Dr. Lamar B. Peacock, M.D. Distinguished Chair for the Study of Immunological Disease at the Medical College of Georgia. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents...
Nick GarrettAUGUSTA, Ga. – Topics including preventive health, lupus, organ donation and diabetes will be covered during the fall semester of the Georgia Regents University Alan Roberts, M.D. Mini-Medical School. The lecture series by faculty from the GRU...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Before the books close on 2015, an estimated 1.6 million new cancer cases will be detected, according to the American Cancer Society. Any number of organs and tissues can be affected – prostate cancer being the most commonly diagnosed...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The survivor of two near-fatal car crashes, one of which left her burned on more than 50 percent of her body, will speak on the heart and soul of health care – the patient experience – at the 2015 GRHealth Patient- and Family-Centered...
Haley HughesWARM SPRINGS, Ga. – Officials with Georgia Regents Heath System have unveiled a $25.8 million plan to renovate the clinical facilities at the historic Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation & Specialty Hospitals. “It’s structurally sound...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The GRU Cancer Center Breast Team has been granted accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Center, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. NAPBC accreditation is only offered to...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Remember victims, support survivors and instill hope in those still living with abuse at Purple Light Nights, the Violence Awareness Month Kickoff event at Georgia Regents University on Oct. 6. Mayor Hardie Davis, Jr. will speak...