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News Articles: Health Care

Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center

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  • Health Care

COVID-19 deaths sped the closure of Randolph County’s only hospital. What happens now?

Low reimbursements, high numbers of uninsured patients and staffing shortages are impacting rural hospitals nationwide. But in Randolph County, Ga., access to critical lifesaving care has all but disappeared.

June 07, 2023
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By:
  • Brad Bailey
It's still early days for AI in health care, but already racial bias has been found in some of the tools. Here, health care professionals at a hospital in California protest racial injustice after the murder of George Floyd.

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  • Health

AI in medicine needs to be carefully deployed to counter bias – and not entrench it

Powerful new artificial intelligence tools can perpetuate long-standing racial inequities if they are not designed very carefully. Researchers and regulators are taking note, but perils are vast.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Levi and
  • Dan Gorenstein
Using sunscreen plays a key role in protecting skin from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.

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  • Your Health

Picking the 'right' sunscreen isn't as important as avoiding these 6 mistakes

Sunscreen is crucial for skin protection and the SPF is important. But dermatologists say the key to good summer skin care is applying plenty of lotion and re-applying it often, even when it's cloudy.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023.

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  • Health

With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap

The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.

June 05, 2023
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By:
  • Tony Leys
Good health depends on more than daily exercise and a healthy diet. Access to safe housing, good schools and a decent job are important too.

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  • Health

Living Better: What it takes to get healthy in America

Poor diet, lack of exercise, stress and trauma, all drive America's declining life expectancy and high rates of chronic disease. So how can we live better in America? NPR looks for answers.

May 31, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey

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  • Health

Why our allergies are getting worse —and what to do about it

From excessive hygiene to low-fiber diets, author Theresa MacPhail explores the deep-rooted causes of rising allergy rates in her new book Allergic.

May 30, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Davies
The brain requires a large number of nutrients for optimal health and efficiency, but micronutrients are typically absorbed better through foods than through supplements.

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  • Health

Can multivitamins improve memory? A new study shows 'intriguing' results

A team of researchers tracked thousands of people who took a daily multivitamin for three years. At the end of the first year, they performed slightly better on memory tests than people on a placebo.

May 29, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
drone shot

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  • Health Care

South Georgia's only four-year medical school celebrates graduation of inaugural class

The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduated its inaugural class of physicians from its campus in South Georgia Thursday afternoon. 

May 25, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
This photo provided by Indivior in May 2023 shows their drug Opvee. U.S. health regulators approved the medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other powerful opioids.

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  • Health

A new nasal spray to reverse fentanyl and other opioid overdoses gets FDA approval

Opvee is similar to naloxone, the life-saving drug that has been used for decades to quickly counter overdoses of heroin, fentanyl and prescription painkillers.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Health Care

Utah hospital system cancels adult gender-affirming surgery appointments

Utah banned gender affirming surgery for trans youth in January, but now the state's largest health care system has apparently abandoned plans to offer gender affirming surgeries for adults, too.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Saige Miller
The Health Professions Academic Building at Georgia Southern University in Savannah, as well as the university's nearby Armstrong Center, would house the planned Medical College of Georgia campus.

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  • Education

Medical College of Georgia plans full Savannah campus, hoping to address area's doctor shortage

MCG could enroll 40 more students per year once the campus is open.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
GPB News NPR

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  • National

An abortion doula explains the impact of North Carolina's expanded limitations

Ash Williams, an abortion doula in North Carolina, talks about the state's new ban on most abortions past the 12-week mark.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
A statue of Rosalynn Carter

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  • Health Care

Health care workforce shortage in 'state of emergency' DBHDD commissioner says

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Kevin Tanner spoke at the 27th annual Carter Center Mental Health Forum on May 18. He says lack of access to behavioral health care has to do with staffing shortages and they are looking for ways to retain and recruit workers, including higher pay. 

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Genetics, gut microbes and other lifestyle and environmental factors can impact how people's bodies react to food. An NIH study aims to find out how.

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  • Health

Our bodies respond differently to food. A new study aims to find out how

The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
GPB News NPR

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  • Health Care

What to know about the federal appeals court hearing on mifepristone

Mifepristone, a medication used for abortion, is the subject of arguments today in a federal appeals court case that could make it illegal.

May 17, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Ari Shapiro
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