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Toni BakerPrescription sleep aids appear to carry a rare risk of suicide, most typically when they cause the unexpected response of stimulating rather than quietening patients, researchers say. “These medications can have a rare paradoxical effect like...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottMore than half of the second-year class at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University spent their only free summer during medical school doing research, both on and off campus. One hundred twenty participants from MCG’s home base in...
Nick GarrettThe Augusta University Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship will host a number of CURS Research Workshops throughout the remainder of the 2016 fall semester. Held on Tuesdays from 3-4 p.m. in University Hall, Room 247, the workshops...
Undergraduate students looking to participate in health sciences research will have an opportunity to meet some of the university’s most influential researchers during the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS) Meet and Greet event...
Brennan MeagherIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses a potential new way to rejuvenate heart muscle affected by heart attack that...
Kelly JasperRecent neuroscience PhD program graduate Dr. Arnab Barik and the Xiong and Mei Labs were featured on the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience. The Journal of Neuroscience is an official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, publishing papers on a...
With age, the chromosomes of our cardiac stem cells compress as they move into a state of safe, semiretirement. The typically long, coiled strand of DNA inside each youthful stem cell gets shorter and dense as we age, literally leaving less room for...
Denise ParrishRepresentatives from Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Augusta-area Hyundai dealers presented Children’s Hospital of Georgia with a $250,000 Scholar Grant to improve care and increase treatment options for kids with cancer. The grant was presented during a...
One way chronic stress appears to cause depression is by increasing levels of a protein in the brain that decreases the availability of an important chemical that regulates our mood, scientists report. They have found elevated levels of...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses little fluid-filled vesicles, called exosomes that trap amyloid protein in the...
Scientists are trying to turn up the heat-burning ability of brown fat with the long-term goal of combatting obesity. Babies and hibernating bears have brown fat to help stay warm and some adults also are lucky enough to have this fat that helps...
Millie HuffProduct created by researchers at The Dental College of Georgia shows promise in fighting virulent bugs AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2016) – A green tea hand sanitizer created by an Augusta University researcher is proving to be highly effective in...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses the potential danger of “Mitochondria,” the powerhouses that drive...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses the effects of a gene that, in one form, protects our eyes, but in another is...
StaffRegistration is now open for Research Academy 101. Event Dates: October 24 – 28, 2016 Event Times: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Daily) Event Location: Mills Community Room in the Ronald McDonald House on the Health Sciences Campus How to Register:...
Vesicles, fluid-filled sacs that brain cells make to trap amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, appear to also contribute to the disease, scientists report. Reducing the production of these vesicles, called exosomes, could help reduce the amount of...
Danielle HarrisFall sports kick off next month and Augusta University is staying ahead of the game with the opening of its Fall Sports Injury Clinic. The clinic is designed to treat all types of non-emergent, sports-related injuries. Patients will be evaluated by...
Dr. Robin H. Schwartz recruited as first director Dr. Robin H. Schwartz, an anesthesiologist with extensive experience in operating room management and ambulatory anesthesia, is the inaugural Perioperative Surgical Home Director for the Department...
In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, discusses a sort of “biological barbell” created by Augusta research scientists...
The Nonprofit Leadership Certificate program at Augusta University was featured in The Augusta Chronicle. As stated in the article, the 13-credit-hour program aims to help future business and government leaders more effectively communicate and...