Proud. And puzzled.

THE MONDAY MESSAGE: In a matter of days, ye olde Augusta Medical Examiner will reach the ripe old age of six. Yeah, ME! It has been so much more enjoyable than I had expected: being the publisher of MCG’s campus newspaper for 16 years previously, I had every article and photograph handed to me on a disk, ranked in order …

University of Augusta? Hold on.

Upon further review, we would like to recast the Medical Examiner’s vote in the Name The University Game. Previously, we endorsed the University of Augusta. For all the talk of branding, we say branding schmanding. For us, the name has nothing to do with branding. However, Augusta is a name of note around the world in a way few other …

The Monday Message

Fun Facts: no one picks up the Medical Examiner for sports scores, the weather forecast, the stock market report, political news, home decorating tips, concert listings, or to see who was arrested last week. If they’re reading the Medical Examiner, it’s because they’re interested in health, wellness, and medicine. If you’ve got a medical message, it’s only logical: advertise in …

Tips from former smokers

Christine almost looks like her picture was taken from a reflection in a fun house mirror. Instead, her facial features are the result of surgery and chemotherapy that took away her teeth and jaw as the result of tobacco use and the cancer it caused. Listen to her 30-second message here (click the link), and read her biography in this …

University of Augusta

From the Medical Examiner’s point of view, that is the one and the only best choice for the new name of the merged ASU and GHSU. And now, for no particular reason, stare at this for the next hour:

As promised…

What can be learned from reading the Medical Examiner? Well, I just learned that I promised in the June 1 issue to post a series of vintage aspirin ads. Oops. Here, without further delay, is Ad #1.