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New therapeutic massage and spa could take your stress away

Business owners are the ones who get in early and stay late, sometimes skipping lunch breaks, heading off to meetings, and never getting to the bottom of their inboxes. Sound familiar? The need for relaxation and stress relief is real. Maria Cardona understands that better than most. She worked in the medical field for 21 years, first as a CNA and then as a phlebotomist. During that time, she also had a side job as a massage therapist. “I finally decided to open my own business. My husband has been

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Stressed out? There’s a Health Summit for that

Every part of running a business has the potential to stress you out and keep you up at night. Lack of sales, too much debt, issues with employees, and problems with equipment and operations can keep your brain in motion 24/7. It’s not physically or mentally healthy for you or your business. The Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce might have some advice for you as they wind up their Men in Business month with a Men’s Health Summit Brunch this Saturday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m. Business owners are

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Paceline kicks off PaceDay 2023 in event happening tomorrow

As part of its year-round movement to cure cancer faster, Paceline is inviting the cancer-fighting community to participate in the “PaceDay Kick-Off Celebration” this Saturday, June 3, at Savannah River Brewing Company located at 813 Fifth Street, Augusta, GA 30901, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The event is open to the public and includes a social bike ride and yoga, followed by missional beer all in the spirit of fighting cancer as a community. The bar will open at 11 a.m. and the event will conclude at approximately 2 p.m. According

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Center for Primary Care (CPC) forms long-term partnership with agilon health, bringing value-based primary care to the CSRA

EVANS, GEORGIA & AUSTIN, TX, MAY 31, 2023 – The Center for Primary Care (CPC), an independent practice that provides comprehensive preventative and specialized care, announced in a press release this week that it has formed a new partnership with agilon health Inc.(NYSE: AGL). According to the statement, the trusted partner empowers physicians to transform health care in the community which will accelerate access to value-based primary care in the area. CPC will deliver a new model of primary care beginning in 2024 through the partnership to further enhance preventative

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CSRA retirement community offers medical “house calls”

When was the last time your doctor made a house call? The very term elicits images of a Norman Rockwell painting. The height of physicians coming to a patient’s home happened in the 1930’s, 40’s, and early 50’s. Now, they’re back. Brandon Wilde is the first retirement community in the CSRA to offer house call services to their residents. In many respects, the facility, founded 33 years ago, mirrors the history of the medical practitioners who almost 70 years prior covered a general field of medicine that included all the

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AU President gives annual State of the University address

Augusta University President, Dr. Brooks Keel reviewed the past year and outlined the university’s future during his annual State of the University address. Keel said the past year has marked the development of a number of partnerships that will result in more opportunities for students to advance their education and be trained to join the workforce. One partnership is with Augusta Technical College. Keel credited Augusta Tech President, Dr. Jermaine Whirl with helping create the program called Augusta Advantage. “So, those students who go there and get an associate’s degree

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Local dental practice to expand, move to larger office

A local dental practice plans to begin construction on a new, larger office in Augusta this summer. Summerville Dentistry, which is currently located at 1450 Anthony Road at the intersection of Wrightsboro Road, will move to 3013 Walton Way, near Langford Middle School, possibly early next year, according to its office manager, Melissa Wingard. “It will have more patient rooms, support staff space, and parking spaces,” said Wingard, the wife of Dr. Scott Wingard, who opened the practice on Monte Sano Avenue in 1999. “We’ve been here since 2008, and

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Local wellness studio owners offer holistic approach to common ailments

A few years ago, Jamie Cressend battled a chronic health problem and traditional medical treatments offered little relief, so she decided to try a holistic approach to healing. When Cressend, co-owner of Synergy Studio located at 7013 Evans Town Center Blvd., Suite 203 in Evans, discovered scalar light therapy, she found rapid relief from her pain. Cressend and her business partner, Amy Iseman held their business’s soft opening on Tuesday, May 2, and its grand opening on Saturday, May 6. Scalar light therapy refers to the use of light waves

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“Healthy” investment in CSRA telemedicine

Telemedicine is growing by leaps and bounds and Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Center for Telehealth will be ready. The center has received 1 million dollars in federal funding that will be used to support health care for those living in more rural areas. The MCG Center for Telehealth will use a digital network to support rural patients with the goal of reducing health care disparities. It will also train future physicians to be able to provide telehealth-related health care. U.S. Representative, Buddy Carter (R-GA1) helped secure the

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Listen up business owners: Take care of YOU!

The internet is full of articles about how to start or run your own business. But there’s a glaring hole when it comes to advice about taking care of yourself, after all, you’re juggling finances, inventory, employees, customer deadlines, and other obligations. What’s too often left out of the conversation are the potential side effects on your health, whether physical or mental, or both. Aiken Regional Medical Centers will be addressing some of those health and wellness topics this month called Better Health Forum. It’s a series of breakfasts and

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