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Death of STAT lab tests could be good for patient care

Toni Baker

Ninety percent of both STAT and routine tests are now being done in 45 minutes or less at AU Health System, reducing the overall need to order labs STAT.

Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression

Toni Baker

Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons and result in depression, scientists say.

MCG receives approval for major MD curriculum redesign

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University has received approval from its accrediting body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, to officially begin the process of redesigning its four-year core MD curriculum to three years.

Driver found for more deadly prostate cancer

Toni Baker

A transcription factor that aids neuron function also appears to enable a cell conversion in the prostate gland that can make an already recurrent cancer even more deadly, scientists say.

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Layman receives top reproductive medicine researcher award

Toni Baker

Dr. Lawrence C. Layman, chief of the Section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Infertility and Genetics in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the 2019 recipient of the American...

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Spherical exosomes may deliver what an injured kidney needs

Toni Baker

Like a swarm of construction workers in the aftermath of a destructive storm, cargo-filled, nanometer-sized spheres arrive on the scene following an acute kidney injury.

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Medical Scholars Research Day set for Nov. 4

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

The 11th annual Medical Scholars Research Day will showcase the research of 113 second-year medical students.

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Glucose wears down circadian clocks in obesity, may drive cardiovascular risk

Toni Baker

High glucose in obesity appears to gum up the works of the circadian clocks inside our cells that help regulate the timing of many body functions across the 24-hour day and drive the risk of cardiovascular disease, scientists say.

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Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population

Toni Baker

In the first assessment of syphilis rates among people with end stage renal disease, MCG investigators have found higher rates than that of the general population.

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NCI-sponsored trial explores better treatment for brain tumors in children

Toni Baker

Children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed, particularly aggressive tumors called diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas are being enrolled in the first study to examine the efficacy of a drug that inhibits an enzyme these tumors use to...

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Sleeping pills reduce suicidal thoughts in patients with severe insomnia

Toni Baker

Insomnia is a driver of suicide, and particularly people with severe insomnia may safely benefit from taking a sedative to help address their sleep problems as it reduces their suicidal thoughts, investigators report.

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MCG/AU Health structural heart program to be showcased at national meeting

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Faculty from the Cardiovascular Center at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health have been invited to give presentations on building a structural heart program, which focuses on tissues and valves rather than blood vessels of...

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Compressing the arm to protect the brain part of NIH study to find better stroke treatment

Toni Baker

Successive bouts of compressing then relaxing a limb with a blood pressure-like cuff to prepare the brain to better weather the lack of oxygen that occurs in stroke is one of six approaches being evaluated in the first national, head-on comparison...

Pathway found for treatment-resistant lung cancer

Toni Baker

A big way chemotherapy works is by prompting cancer cells to commit suicide, and scientists have found a pathway the most common lung cancer walks to avoid death.

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More predictive genetic risk score sought for type 1 diabetes

Toni Baker

Paul Tran is working to develop a highly predictive genetic risk score that will tell parents whether their baby is at significant risk for type 1 diabetes.

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Why young females with obesity are at early risk for cardiovascular disease

Toni Baker

In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.

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MCG student to receive one of five scholarships for diversity efforts

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Bria Peacock, a third-year student at the Medical College of Georgia, has received an Association of American Medical Colleges 2019 Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship.

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Disaster medicine expert will lead MCG’s Center of Operational Medicine

Woman smilingJennifer Hilliard Scott

Dr. A. Alejandro Baez is the new director of the Center of Operational Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

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Tiny RNA provides big protection after a heart attack

Toni Baker

Heart muscle can continue to die even after restoring blood following a heart attack, and scientists have new evidence that one way to help it live is by boosting levels of a tiny RNA that helped the heart form.

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Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth

Toni Baker

An enzyme induced by stress to help reduce production of damaging free radicals is also used by liver cancer to regulate two major cell proliferation pathways that enable the cancer to thrive, scientists report.

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