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Colquitt Regional nurse completes LifeLink Donor Resource Training Program

MOULTRIE, Ga. – Colquitt Regional Medical Center announced this week that Renee Ellenberg, BSN, RN, CMSRN, recently completed the LifeLink ... Read more

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In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save ... Read more

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Students dissect earthworms

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Students in Monica Causey’s Accelerated Biology classes at C.A. Gray Junior High School dissected earthworms ... Read more

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EDITORIAL: Gracie’s Law right for Georgia

Gracie’s Law is right for Georgia.  All forms of discrimination are wrong.  It is unimaginable that discrimination against ... Read more

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US proposes new rules to increase organ transplants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants — steps to make ... Read more

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Trump directs government to revamp care for kidney disease

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday revamping care for kidney disease so more ... Read more

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MEDICAL COLUMN: Diabetes — Know your numbers

Diabetes is a common disease where it is important for you to “know your numbers.”  Most of us ... Read more

Cnhi Network

A transplant-ethics fight for the mentally disabled

Paul Corby needs a new heart. On that there is no dispute. The same rare disease that killed ... Read more

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Scientists grow human cells in pigs

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the ... Read more