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It’s a GUY Thing: FREE Men’s Health Screening Sept. 11
As part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Upson Regional Medical Center and Board Certified physicians on its Medical Staff will offer a potentially life-saving screening for men, at no cost. The hospital will provide free prostate and colorectal screenings Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 5:30 p.m. to ...
Tagged: prostate cancer psa screeningmens health
Dr. Boyce Offers Saturday Sports Injury Clinics
Injured on a Friday night? Dr. Brandon Boyce will take care of you bright and early on Saturday. Beginning Saturday, August 18th, Dr. Boyce will offer a Sports Injury Clinic, catered to student athletes and others with non-emergency injuries. The Sports Injury Clinic will run from 8:30. -11a.m. ...
Tagged: sports injury clinic, sports medicine, high school athletes, orthopedics
Protecting Babies from the Whooping Cough
While whooping cough is on the rise in metro Atlanta and U.S., doctors and nurses at Upson Regional Medical Center are taking proactive steps to keep the illness away from newborns. Whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory illness spread by coughing and sneezing, affects people of all ages...
Tagged: whooping cough, pertussis
Upson Welcomes New Orthopedic Surgeon
Upson Regional Medical Center has announced the addition of a new orthopedic surgeon to its medical staff. A native Georgian, Dr. Brandon Boyce will have offices in Thomaston and Barnesville and will begin seeing patients August 15. “A community and service area our size will definitely benefit f...
Tagged: orthopedics, medical college of georgia, wofford college, west virginia university medical school, aspen sports medicine, sports injury
Get Relief from Chronic Pain
If you are among the 50 million Americans living with chronic pain, a full and active life may seem like an impossible dream. But don’t give up. If the pain treatment you have tried doesn’t provide relief, Upson’s pain clinic may help. A typical pain clinic patient has limited mobility due to nec...
Tagged: acupuncture, chronic pain, alternative therapy, pain clinic
