Georgia Regents Medical Center earns statewide patient safety award
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Regents Medical Center has earned a prestigious award for its efforts in reducing infections that can result from disease-causing germs in health care environments.
Read More →Dougherty County Neighborhood Service Center Receive Medicine Help
Tweet Special to the Journal As millions of Americans strive to deal with the economic downturn,loss of jobs,foreclosures,high cost of gas,and the rising cost of prescription drug cost. Charles Myrick ,the President of American Consultants Rx, announced the re-release of the American Consultants Rx community service project which consist of millions of free discount prescription [...]
Read More →Georgia Regents Medical Center becomes first hospital in Georgia to earn Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center status
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations has designated Georgia Regents Medical Center as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center, making it the only hospital in Georgia and one of less than 20 hospitals nationwide to achieve this designation.
Read More →Pipeline programs aim to diversify health care workforce
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Two pipeline programs aimed at diversifying the health care workforce are planned in the upcoming months at Georgia Regents University. Applications are being accepted now for a summer enrichment program designed to help under-represented minority, underprivileged and non-traditional students find their way to the health professions. The [...]
Read More →Scientists learn more about how inhibitory brain cells get excited
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists have found an early step in how the brain’s inhibitory cells get excited. A natural balance of excitement and inhibition keeps the brain from firing electrical impulses randomly and excessively, resulting in problems such as schizophrenia and seizures. However excitement is required to put on the [...]
Read More →$1.67 million grant supports possible cure methodology for deadly form of leukemia
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Regents University cancer researchers are expanding the reach of an easy-to-use algorithm that could keep 30 percent of patients with a rare but deadly form of leukemia from dying within the first month of diagnosis.
Read More →New technology provides rapid diagnosis of respiratory illness
Tweet AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia Regents Health System physicians now have a quick, thorough method to identify the viruses and bacteria causing respiratory illness. Within an hour the technique, called polymerase chain reaction, determines which of 21 common viruses and bacteria are causing coughing, hacking, wheezing and other respiratory symptoms. That information tells physicians how [...]
Read More →GRU College of Nursing recruiting students for inaugural BSN class
Tweet Special to the Journal Augusta, Ga. – Georgia Regents University’s College of Nursing is accepting applications for the inaugural class of its Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15.
Read More →Study explores whether sleeping pills reduce insomniac’s suicidal thoughts
Tweet Special to the Journal AUGUSTA, Ga. – Researchers want to know whether a sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with insomnia.
Read More →One-third of dating teens report violence in their relationships
Tweet Special to the Journal Athens, Ga. – Nearly a third of those dating in middle and high school report abusive relationships, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. The dating violence, which the researchers first measured in sixth grade, is a cycle that increases over time.
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