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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
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Last Updated: 10:25 AM 02/08/10 - A new study says a woman's chance of having a child with autism increases as she ages. It also says the risk may be less with older dads than previously thought. (Full Story) |
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New MCG Cancer Center offers hope and healing
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Last Updated: 7:16 PM 02/05/10 - The new MCG Cancer Center is officially open. The ribbon was cut Friday on the $31 million treatment facility, which is expected to revolutionize cancer treatment in Augusta by providing many different services in one building. (Full Story) |
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Underprivileged kids get free access to dental care
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Last Updated: 7:13 PM 02/05/10 - 65 students from Augusta's Rollins Elementary got free dental care from the MCG Dental School. It was part of Give Kids A Smile Day, also happening at about 2,000 locations across the country. (Full Story) |
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Special Assignment: Forgotten Formula?
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Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/05/10 - When you buy something at the grocery store, you trust that it's safe. You trust the store and the laws that regulate it. But, a News 12 investigation shows some things are slipping through the cracks, and it could be harming the youngest member of your family. (Full Story) |
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Smart Heart: A look inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute
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Last Updated: 4:32 PM 02/04/10 - We're taking you inside University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute to show you how they test and treat heart disease. (Full Story) |
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Student dies after drinking binge at party
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Last Updated: 9:34 AM 02/03/10 - Authorities say he was was at an off-campus party Saturday night where he blacked out and never woke up. (Full Story) |
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On Your Side: Driving simulation lab helps Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, stroke victims
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Last Updated: 6:22 PM 02/01/10 - Thompson, one of five Parkinson's patients, is using a driving simulator to slow the effects of the disease. But she had to learn to slow down, too. (Full Story) |
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DOJ seeks monitor to oversee Ga. mental hospitals
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Last Updated: 1:17 PM 01/29/10 - Georgia and the Justice Department last year entered into an agreement over care at the state-run hospitals. (Full Story) |
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Veterans Administration opens new SC clinic
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Last Updated: 8:37 AM 01/26/10 - The 13,000 square foot facility opened Monday in Spartanburg on the city's east side. It has seven exam rooms and 15 employees on its staff. (Full Story) |
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High blood pressure may increase risk of dementia
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Last Updated: 7:41 AM 01/26/10 - New research suggests that hypertension may cause a kind of scarring that interferes with communication between brain cells. That scarring, known as white matter lesions, has been linked to development of Alzheimer's and other dementias later (Full Story) |
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Who's got the best weed? Contest aims to find out
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Last Updated: 11:22 AM 01/25/10 - Growers will also be able to sell to medical marijuana patients. The customers would vote on a "people's choice" strain. (Full Story) |
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Georgia faces huge Medicaid gap
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Last Updated: 4:29 AM 01/22/10 - State Health Commissioner Rhonda Medows told a legislative budget panel on Thursday that the state is projecting a $506 million gap in state moneys for the health program for the needy. The recession has caused enrollment in the program to soar. Medicaid rolls jumped 7.7 percent from June 2009 to 2010. (Full Story) |
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Study finds US birth weights inch down a bit
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Last Updated: 4:23 AM 01/22/10 - A Harvard study of nearly 37 million births shows U.S. newborns were slightly lighter in 2005 than in 1990 -- a surprising find as the obesity rate soars. The study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology ends a half-century of increasing birth rates. (Full Story) |
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Ga. ends adult mental health care at Central State
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Last Updated: 10:55 AM 01/21/10 - The state remains under fire regarding safety and treatment at Georgia's seven mental hospitals. (Full Story) |
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Airline: No extra luggage for local medical mission to Haiti
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Last Updated: 11:20 AM 01/20/10 - West Acres Baptist Church members are going to help children from an orphanage that was destroyed in the Haiti quake. The problem: Delta Airlines already told them they can't bring any extra cargo on the plane. (Full Story) |
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