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More than 250 law enforcement, emergency first responders and community members gathered in St. Andrews Hall at First Presbyterian Church of Augusta Thursday to learn how and why the community should work together during a hostile event.
Dr. Michael Pruett takes over for Dr. Barry Hammond, who has served as the DCG Director of Continuing Dental Education since 2012.
After 35 years of dedicated service, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Gretchen Caughman has announced her plan to retire at the end of the fiscal year.
A stroke appears to create a sticky situation inside the blood vessels of the brain that can worsen damage days, even months later, scientists report.
New clinical trials to combat cervical cancer are now available at the Georgia Cancer Center.
The only physician serving Brooklet, Georgia, and the leaders of the medical school’s Vascular Biology Center, were honored Thursday by Dr. David C. Hess, dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
In the early part of the last century, blood transfusions occurred directly from the donor to patient. Virgil Sydenstricker found a better way, and it's still in use today.
Flu season got off to an early start – and that could be a good thing or a bad thing, says an infectious disease physician at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
There appears to be an unhealthy synergy between mental illness and prostate cancer, and researchers are working to dissect the relationship by first assembling the largest dataset ever of veterans with either condition or both.
Marnissia is one of the youngest patients Dr. Jasmine Silas has ever seen requiring such extensive treatment.
Dr. Neal L. Weintraub is the new chief of the Division of Cardiology in the MCG Department of Medicine.
While trying to develop a comparatively easy, inexpensive way to give physicians and their patients with bladder cancer a better idea of likely outcome and best treatment options, scientists found that sophisticated new subtyping techniques designed...
Need a story for the holidays? Consider these news ideas happening next week.
It’s like the old song says – “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
The Medical College of Georgia’s Department of Physiology is hosting its annual lectureship in honor of the late Dr. Lois T. Ellison.
From breaking ground on new construction projects to increasing enrollment for the sixth consecutive year, 2019 has been full of memorable moments for Augusta University.
Eight months of daily physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds who were obese or overweight improved cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn’t improve arterial stiffness, an early indicator of...
Dr. Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy has been recognized with the Pioneering Spirit Award.
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.
MCG alumna provides young patients equine therapy options while helping Augusta University students gain firsthand knowledge.
