UGA receives .4 million Gates Foundation grant to fight infectious disease

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To eliminate schistosomiasis, researchers have to continue treating patients with praziquantel while steadily reducing their risk for re-infection by improving sanitation and hygiene practices and eliminating the snails that are required to maintain …
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Woman Claims Hospital Let Doc Run Wild

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Amie Tatum sued Memorial Health University Medical Center and Memorial Health Inc., on behalf of the State of Georgia, in Chatham County State Court. Georgia declined to intervene, according to Tatum's amended complaint. Savannah-based Memorial …
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HbA 1c Inadequate to Assess Diabetes Care Across Specialties

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Lawrence S. Phillips, MD, professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, who reported the findings in a poster at the meeting, said looking at patients by medication group shows there is very little …
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CEO of Patient Advocate Foundation Cites Increase in Patients Steered from …

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Specifically, Davenport-Ennis pointed to a notable rise in appeals to PAF's call centers from both Medicare beneficiaries and cancer doctors regarding difficulty accessing certain cancer drugs from their clinic in the community-based setting, where …
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