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This is why the latest Batman sequel has been delayed. You thought it had something to do with Heath Ledger’s death? Please. Don’t be naive.

The Cost of Obesity

This ties in with the cover story in this week’s Medical Examiner. Check it out. Here and there. What would you do with an extra $821? Eat out! (Just kidding.) Note at the bottom the graph that projects the growth in obesity state-by-state between 2008 and 2018. Let’s hope they’re wrong. In fact, let’s make sure they’re wrong.

Where’s the bone?

What bone? The one that was thrown to the Augusta community when GRU announced that it heard the public outcry to Save The A. That they would include Augusta in the name of the new university formed by the consolidation of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University. Well, they did save the A, technically, even if was only …

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!

If you didn’t hear the news yet, Augusta’s Most Salubrious Newspaper (that would be the Medical Examiner of course) is seeking Augusta’s Most Salubrious Doctors. We want to recognize any doctor who goes above and beyond the call of duty. Perhaps this doctor treated you in the middle of the night (and he wasn’t even on call); maybe she diagnosed …

Milk does a body good

This young thug, already wearing his pants down low and showing his underwears, at least isn’t filling his sippy cup with sugary-sweet drinks. Well done, young young jeezy.

Do health supplements really work?

What about that krill oil you’re taking for PMS? The zinc or echinacea that is supposed to minimize or prevent colds? What about St. John’s wort, milk thistle, copper bracelets, green tea, black tea, garlic, gingko biloba, cinnamon, lavender, wheat grass, fish oil, and flaxseed oil? Yes, what about ginseng? Is it effective for the specific reason you take it? …

Why is Augusta ranked #4 nationally?

Augusta was honored last week with a #4 ranking in a “2013 Top Places to Live” list by Digital Journal, beating such also-rans as San Diego, Honolulu and Seattle, and ranking behind only Boulder, Colorado; Austin, Texas; and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Many people question Augusta’s lofty position, but not the Medical Examiner. Consider a few of our assets: • access to …

SUGGESTION BOX #1

Unlike perhaps any other person or organization in the large Augusta medical community, the Medical Examiner is everywhere. We visit more than 500 doctors offices at least twice a month, along with deliveries to 14 area hospitals. We see things. We have suggestions: • University Hospital has fairly new signage at the corner of Walton Way and St. Sebastian that …

SUGGESTION BOX #2

Unlike perhaps any other person or organization in the large Augusta medical community, the Medical Examiner is everywhere. We visit more than 500 doctors offices at least twice a month, along with deliveries to 14 area hospitals. We see things. We have suggestions: • Once the sun goes down, Harper Street in front of the Children’s Medical Center is darker …