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The Augusta University Division of Communications and Marketing earned 11 Target Awards – four gold and seven silver – for outstanding advertising and promotional efforts in 2016 in support of Augusta University Health. The awards were...
Think you know how to diet? Then why haven’t you reached your weight-loss goal? Here are some common dieting mistakes and their fixes to help you get back on track and shed pounds. For some helpful tips on the correct way to follow a diet, check out...
Want to lose weight, get smarter, be more attractive or get the sympathy you deserve? Then what are you waiting for? Getting healthy just got real. Learn a few simple and effective ways to help your body get and stay healthy from this post on the...
If you want a healthy heart, then aim to eat smart. The first way to do that is to think about legs – not your own, but those you eat, said Dr. Kevin C. Dellsperger. The vice president and chief medical officer for Augusta University Medical Center...
“Beauty is pain.” We’ve all heard this mantra and know someone who goes to great lengths to achieve their beauty goals. Perhaps they go to a tanning bed to get that “healthy glow,” insisting that they’re safer than sunlight – right? After all...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Part of the reason for this is that those with lung cancer don’t show symptoms in the early stage, when they have the best chance at survival. This underscores the importance of...
After decades of listening to the lawn mower, loud music, city traffic or noisy machinery, the human ear often begins to falter. High-pitched sounds usually fade first – birds chirping, telephones ringing, even women’s voices. And age-related...
Put a heart-healthy spin on your favorite homemade classic.
For tips on making a healthy chicken noodle soup without sacrificing the classic taste, check out this post on the Your Health Today blog.
Whether you call it making love, making whoopee or just plain sexual intercourse, the expectation for most women is that sex will be a Meg-Ryan-When-Harry-Met-Sally kind of experience. But if only life were always like a movie. “Painful sex isn’t...
Surrounded on all sides by fast food restaurants and billboards advertising sugary drinks and food, maintaining a healthy body and lifestyle in the modern era is not an easy task. It requires a balanced diet, regular exercise, and steady sleeping...
On average, a healthy adult heart beats more than 100,000 times per day. Almost every second of every day, our hearts pump blood through our bodies and keep us alive. As such, it only makes sense that we take care of our hearts. Learn a few...
Anyone who has tried dieting knows how frustrating it can be to not see quick results. After putting in hours at the gym and deliberately avoiding all the sweet and sugary foods that we love, we expect to see a difference. Why, then, after all that...
Ever wondered how to fight off winter weight gain? Curious which diet mistakes even the smartest dieters seem to make? Check out the winter issue of Your Health Today for answers to these and other pressing health questions. If you’re on Jagwire...
You feel it: It’s your year to (finally!) keep those New Year’s resolutions. Not so fast. It’s a hard truth, but if you’re approaching your resolutions the same way you always have, you just might be setting yourself up for failure. According to...
Two awards have highlighted the Division of Communications and Marketing’s continued commitment to connecting patients and consumers with the services and resources they need to stay healthy and successful. The Find a Doctor feature on Augusta...
This time of year brings on many and varying emotions – but what if those emotions aren’t the holiday cheer you were hoping you’d feel? Maybe stress, either from work or your personal life, is bringing you down, or maybe you’re feeling grief...
The holiday season is upon us. Regardless of the planning and our joyous anticipation of time spent with family, we are entering the most stress-filled time of the year. Paired with the stress is the abundance of sugary and heavy foods, which...
A patient’s chance of surviving a heart attack dramatically increases if the patient or a bystander calls 911 and uses emergency medical services (EMS). That’s why Augusta University Health invests not only in early heart attack care but also in...
Having an accredited chest pain center comes with the important responsibility of educating the community on early heart attack care. Augusta University Health takes this to heart by arming people with potentially lifesaving information and training...
Can you tell fact from fiction when it comes to cholesterol and your health? Answer the questions below to find out your cholesterol IQ.
This this quiz at the Your Health Today blog and learn more about cholesterol.
