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Medical marijuana dispensaries in Georgia near reality
April 17, 2021
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Antibody drugs for COVID are cumbersome tool against surges
April 16, 2021
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TV news anchor recovering after brain surgery
April 16, 2021
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Reluctance among white, rural Georgians ‘biggest challenge’ in vaccine rollout
April 16, 2021
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GBI investigating Gwinnett inmate death from medical emergency
April 16, 2021
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Rural broadband initiative announced for Middle Georgia
April 16, 2021
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Long-delayed Medicaid report outlines state’s ambitious strategies
April 15, 2021
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Atlanta VA continues to lose medical devices, investigation finds
April 15, 2021
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Columbus nonprofits help ‘folks on the margins’ get vaccine
April 15, 2021
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Despite moratorium on evictions, attorney says renters still at risk
April 14, 2021
Soon after the debut of an electronic medical records system, Dr. Hogai Nassery says, “I was ready to throw my PC out the window.’’ The Grady Health System neighborhood clinics converted from paper records to a computer system in March. Nassery, a family physician who is Grady’s chief of community...
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One week after biochemist Clive Slaughter taught first-year medical students why a paper cut grows red and puffy as it heals, they couldn’t remember the specifics. So the associate professor at Medical College of Georgia’s new satellite campus in Athens ransacked medical databases looking for vivid photos that would...
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A little-noticed state report says an independent review team found poor medical care in the deaths of 23 patients at Georgia’s mental hospitals during the past fiscal year. The report, from Georgia’s disability services ombudsman, also shows that the state’s mental health system remains plagued by other major problems,...
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The job-creating machine of health care has hummed along even during the recent economic slump. The sector added 239,000 positions nationally during the 12 months ending in October, with hospitals and their umbrella health systems generating thousands of new positions.
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Betty Brown, 87, has lived in a Kennesaw assisted living facility for 11 months. But she has now lost the ability to propel her wheelchair by herself, and her son says that because of that change, state rules could soon force Betty to enter a nursing home.
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