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In fewer than 10 years, more than half of Ohioans and Kentuckians will be obese, according to a new study released on Tuesday.

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare 's Chief Information Officer Dee Cantrell has been named CIO of the Year by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association .

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For the first time, researchers have obtained blood pressure readings from a gorilla while it was awake.

All Sarah Austin wanted to do was see whether it was chilly enough that she needed a jacket on her way to Emory University Thursday morning.

Jeffery M. Merrell recently attempted to defend the archaic practice of killing a human being in revenge.

The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.

Educating family members of heart failure patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according to an interdisciplinary study led by Emory University cardiovascular nursing researcher Sandra Dunbar, RN, DSN, FAAN, FAHA.

Emory University isn't getting just any kind of turkey for its campus wide Thanksgiving feast.

GeoVax Labs, Inc. , an Atlanta-based, biopharmaceutical company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV-1 and other infectious agents, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted its request for a pre-IND meeting to discuss the proposed Investigational New Drug application for GeoVax's therapeutic vaccine as ...

The results are published online and scheduled for publication in the November issue of the journal Developmental Cell .

If America doesn't get its weight problem under control, more than half the adults in Ohio, Kentucky and three other states will be obese by 2018, according to a report released today.

In 10 years, half of adult Ohioans are expected to be obese, according to a new study to be released Tuesday, Nov.

Judging from the number of juices and teas advertised as containing antioxidants, consumers are aware of the dangers of oxidative stress.

Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has received a $30 million grant from the Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation, a charity focused on supporting organizations and programs that benefit children and youth in metro Atlanta.

AL UAB MEDICAL DEAN,1ST LD The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham has announced that its medical school dean will step down next year, after a successor is found.

Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Maria Saporta and Urvaksh Karkaria Contributing Writer and Staff Writer Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has received its largest individual gift, to bolster its efforts to become a national leader in pediatric research.

U.S. researchers say they have developed the world's first gorilla blood pressure reading device.

On Saturday, Nov. 14 from 1:30-4 p.m., President Wagner will volunteer at MedShare alongside 45 Emory volunteers.