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MCG students help Augusta's homeless

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:01:14 GMT

Medical students at MCG in the Class of 2013 took time out of their Saturday to host the Homeless Health Fair. They provided homeless people with information about what they can do to keep from getting sick.

Taste of Health highlights food choices

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:49:22 GMT

A local health care coalition is focusing on good food choices as a way to improve personal health. The Taste of Health event held Saturday at the Tabernacle Baptist Church featured displays from local restaurants, vendors and food experts.

MCG, MCG Health to function as "single system"

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:40:54 GMT

Change is in the forecast for the Medical College of Georgia.

Emory U gets $8M Gates grant for nursing school

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:13:39 GMT

According to the World Health Organization, the lifetime risk of a dying during childbirth in Ethiopia is 1 in 27.

Only on 12: Wife concerned about reaction time after Augusta Tech teacher collapses during class

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:52:56 GMT

62-year-old Paul Whitehead, an otherwise healthy adult education teacher, showed up to teach a morning class on October 6 and then collapsed into a coma.

Augusta health department calls $180,000 cuts "heartbreaking"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:46:16 GMT

Augusta's health department is facing close to $200,000 in cuts.

Ga. to ban smoking at mental hospitals

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:04 GMT

Beginning next year, patients at Georgia's mental hospitals will no longer be able to light up.

Salmonella victims upset no prosecutions yet

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:39 GMT

Legal analysts and food safety experts also say they thought prosecutions were imminent after the FBI raided two Peanut Corp. of America plants.

Thieves steal truck with H1N1 vaccine in Milwaukee

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:43 GMT

Health operators officer Raquel Filmanowicz of the city's health department says the truck was taken from the Sarah Scott Middle School after a clinic there closed Thursday.

Only on 12: "Baby come back" party for local infertility clinic

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:20 GMT

To start a family, more and more women are turning to fertility treatments to try and help get pregnant. Thursday night one of the only local infertility clinics is celebrating their success with a party, a party for everybody involved.