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Georgia Lottery posts educational transfers totaling $15B

By   /  January 16, 2014  /  Government  /   Comments

Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – As the Georgia Lottery Corp. celebrates its 20th anniversary, lottery officials today announced record proceeds to education for the first half of fiscal year 2014. The Georgia Lottery’s first-half transfers to the Lottery for Education Account will bring the total raised for educational programs in the state to [...]

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Georgia Receives Near-Failing Grade of D+ for its Lack of Support for Emergency Patients

By   /  January 16, 2014  /  Press Releases  /   Comments

Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON — Georgia received a near-failing grade of D+ and ranked in the bottom half of the nation at 29th in the 2014 American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) state-by-state report card on America’s emergency care environment (“Report Card”). The state received failing or near-failing grades in three out of [...]

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Health District confirms first flu-related death; state fatalities continue to rise

By   /  January 16, 2014  /  Health  /   Comments

Tweet Written by Carolyn Maschke ALBANY – A Dougherty County adult became Southwest Public Health District’s first flu fatality for the 2013-2014 flu season, health officials confirmed today. The Georgia Department of Health has confirmed more than 20 flu fatalities statewide.

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Findings bolster fiber’s role in colon health

By   /  January 16, 2014  /  Health  /   Comments

Drs. Vadivel Ganapathy (left) and Nagendra Singh (Photo by GRU Senior Photographer Phil Jones)

Tweet Special to the Journal Augusta, Ga. – Scientists have more reasons for you to eat fiber and not abuse antibiotics. They’ve shown that a receptor doctors already activate with mega-doses of niacin to protect patients’ cardiovascular systems also plays a key role in preventing colon inflammation and cancer, according to a study featured on [...]

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