Health – Jagwire

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Sep20

Health Health & Medicine News Releases Research

Common blood test may provide insight into which patients with schizophrenia also at high risk for cardiovascular disease

September 20, 2021

Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of risk factors widely associated with inflammation and cardiovascular disease, both of which are associated with schizophrenia.

An Asian man in blue shirt stands in a lab

Sep14

Can cocoa consumption help us age better?

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Toni Baker

Man with award

Sep08

Smaller breathing tubes are better when intubating singers, everyone

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Toni Baker

Stories of Impact

blood in a vial

May27

New therapy supercharges patient’s immune system to attack cancer cells

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Chris Curry

man in front of emergency sign

May10

When tables turn for ER nurse, Level 1 Trauma Center saves his life

man throwing baseball

Jun02

Teen, family manage new lifestyle after food allergy diagnosis with help of Children’s team

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virus

Apr21

AU Health to lead statewide expansion of coronavirus testing

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governor Brian Kemp

Apr13

Kemp announces statewide expansion of AU Health COVID-19 screening application

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teenager with hoodie

Feb26

‘He never slowed down’: Teen who suffered cardiac arrest on the football field keeps moving

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Henry Hanks

baby in dress

Feb19

Baby with Down syndrome facing congestive heart failure saved by ‘phenomenal care’ at Children’s Hospital of Georgia

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Henry Hanks

man smiling

Feb03

AU professor saved, moments from death after pulmonary embolism

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Henry Hanks

A husband and wife sitting together laughing and smiling.

Jan03

A robot and human work together to remove tumors from three sites in one patient

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Chris Curry

x-ray of lungs

Dec06

Augusta University Health first in Augusta to offer new valve treatment for emphysema

Danielle Harris

mother and baby

Dec04

After surprise early birth, mother grateful to Children’s Hospital of Georgia

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Henry Hanks

baby

Dec02

After struggling for life at birth, Children’s Hospital of Georgia ‘Miracle Kid’ now thriving

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Henry Hanks

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Two workers in PPE testing patients inside cars

Aug31

Augusta University Health collaborates with DPH to increase COVID-19 testing capacity

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Lisa Kaylor

a man wearing a red T-shirt holds a blue and white bike

Aug31

Augusta University community encouraged to register for Paceline on Oct. 16

Paige Fowler

woman administers a shot to a woman's left arm

Aug20

Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership helps close the vaccine gap in Athens

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hands being formed in the shape of a heart

Aug16

College of Nursing faculty presents on LGBTQ health care at National Teaching Institute

Laura Evans

Building

Aug11

Food cart at Children’s moves to new location

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Lisa Kaylor

person getting shot

Jul12

Childhood vaccine mandates raise ethical questions during COVID-19 pandemic

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woman in a lab

Jun30

Aiming for healthy aging: Augusta University focuses research on age-related disease

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Woman giving blood

Jun22

Help save lives with on-campus blood drive next week

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