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9 hrs ago | Tallahassee.com

Government gets its hands on millions of breasts

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Health, Breast Cancer

Tue Nov 24, 2009

CNN

'I want my mammograms!'

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Health, Breast Cancer

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

Resolve complements nicotine-blocker

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.

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, Medication, Smoking, Health, Inventions, Science / Technology, Georgia, Georgia Government, Nursing

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

UGA sets new goals, and assesses old ones

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.

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Related Topix: Georgia, University of Georgia, Libraries

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Regents give initial approval to MCG energy plant expansion

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.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Rome News - Tribune

Medical college's expansion makes headway

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.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Georgia, Gainesville, GA, Rome, GA, Villa Rica, GA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Split opinions on breast cancer revisions

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Chattanooga, TN, Nursing, Women's Health, Opinion

MyATLtv.com

Breast Cancer Task Force Member Speaks to 11Alive

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.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Georgia

Augusta Chronicle

Tarver assumes office, ceremony to follow

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

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Related Topix: Augusta Metro, Salley, SC, Aiken County, SC, North Augusta, SC

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

Across the area

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

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Related Topix: Augusta, GA

Nurse.com

Daily News: Nursing School Opens Clinic at Walmart

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

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Related Topix: Nursing

Athens Banner-Herald

UGA student fees rise again

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.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Atlanta Metro, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Augusta Chronicle

Woman charged in child's death

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

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Related Topix: Columbia County, GA, Martinez, GA, US Military, Fort Gordon, US Army, Fort Gordon, GA

Augusta Chronicle Online

MCG clinic opens at Walmart in Evans

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.

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Related Topix: Evans, GA, Medicine, Nursing

Sun Nov 15, 2009

National Geographic

Rat Made Supersmart -- Similar Boost Unsafe in Humans?

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

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WXIA-TV Atlanta

Washington County Girl in Surgery After School Fight

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

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Related Topix: Washington County, GA

Augusta Chronicle

CobaltGeorge

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

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, University of Georgia Augusta State, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

UPDATED: Man Shot, Killed By Deputies In Augusta

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.

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Related Topix: Augusta, GA, Richmond County, GA, Thomson, GA

Science Fiction in the News

Smarter Rats Via Transgenic Over-Expression Of NR2B Gene

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

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Circulation

Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Activation, via...

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.

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Related Topix: Augusta, GA, World News, Brazil

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