Medical College of Georgia News

It was Benjamin Franklin that famously said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." He clearly had no idea what he was talking about.

In its statement, the task force wrote that on balance, routine mammograms for women in their 40s aren't worth the downsides, such as false positives and the exposure to a small amount of radiation.

Chantix is one of the most successful smoking cessation products ever introduced, in part because it partially ties up nicotine receptors in the reward areas of the brain.

A committee drawing up a strategic plan to guide University of Georgia academics and facilities during the next decade also is taking a look back to see how well UGA lived up to the goals set in its last 10-year program.

A $2.5 million expansion and upgrade of the energy plant at the Medical College of Georgia won initial approval Tuesday from the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents.

ATLANTA a ' Medical student Joseph Pate just completed a surgical rotation that he'd volunteered for in Savannah, and now he can't wait for more at sites outside of the Medical College of Georgia's Augusta base.

New guidelines advising against routine mammograms for younger women and dismissing monthly breast self-examinations have shaken up - and even infuriated - some local breast cancer survivors and cancer experts.

It's been a controversial story all week: a government panel saying most women don't need mammograms in their 40's. One member of that U.S. task force is from Georgia.

In a Savannah courtroom, Ed Tarver was quietly sworn in last week as the new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.

Deputies shoot man to death A man who tried to hit officers with his vehicle was shot to death by deputies Tuesday night.

The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Augusta, opened The Clinic at Walmart Nov.

The University System Board of Regents, which oversees the state's 35 public colleges and universities, unanimously approved a $100-per-semester hike in University of Georgia student fees Tuesday.

Columbia County authorities arrested this afternoon a Martinez woman suspected of killing a toddler she was babysitting.

An effort touting affordable health care to those who need it began Monday when Medical College of Georgia opened The Clinic at Walmart inside the store at 4469 Washington Road.

November 12, 2009 By modifying a single gene, scientists have made Hobbie-J the smartest rat in the world, a new study says.

A Washington County, Georgia girl is in surgery today after allegedly being attacked by three other girls in school Monday, 13WMAZ.com reported Friday .

Heather Abdelnur's reaction to the deadly shooting at Fort Hood on Nov. 5 wasn't all that different from her reaction to Sept.

According to Richmond County Chief Deputy Coroner Mark Bowen, the person shot to death Thursday morning on the 800 block of Metcalf Street, in downtown Augusta has been identified as 41-year-old Terry Ramsey of the 2000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Hobbie-J is a transgenically-enhanced rat able to remember novel objects for three times longer than the average Long Evans female rat .

From the Department of Physiology and Vascular Biology Center , Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga; Department of Pharmacology , Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.