We asked for your nominations for Augusta’s best doctors. Read the stories behind the nominations, along with the usual complement of other salubrious features: a healthful recipe; dozens of practical tips on keeping your heart healthy; a number of doses of “the best medicine,” aka “laughter;” the low-down on high drug prices, and on and on the list goes.
Well done, University Hospital
Last month in a Medical Examiner article, we called into question a designated smoking area at University Hospital in a major pedestrian corridor (just outside an entrance to University’s Outpatient Center). Earlier this week we noticed it’s gone. Although its new location isn’t far from the previous site, it’s practically hidden away now. Did the move have anything to do …
Remembering W.G. “Curly” Watson, M.D.
The Medical Examiner remembers Walter Gamewell Watson, M.D., who died today at age 102. He was the oldest practicing physician in the United States. In January of last year, the Medical Examiner launched a new feature called “20 Questions [plus or minus],” and Dr. Watson was kind enough to agree to be the initial participant. In fact, he chose that …