Fewer students enrolled in summer semester classes at the University of Georgia, according to figures released Friday. Total enrollment is 14,812 students -- a 5.8 percent drop from last year. The dip was focused at the Athens campus where 13,983 students took summer classes, a decrease of 766 from last year. Enrollment at the extended campuses, which include sites in Gwinnett and Buckhead, increased by 13.1 percent to 723 students total. LAURA DIAMOND
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The state agency that oversees services for the mentally ill, developmentally disabled and people with addictive diseases recently launched a revamped website to help individuals and families find resources more quickly.
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities’ redesigned site is located at http://dbhdd.georgia.gov. MISTY WILLAMS
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From 2003 to 2007, roughly 66,000 cases of colorectal cancer were prevented and 32,000 lives were saved compared with 2002, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Half of those prevented cases and deaths were due to people getting screened for the disease -- the No. 2 cancer killer in the country, the CDC report shows. Georgia saw the number of deaths from the cancer fall between 2.5 percent and 3.9 percent during that time. More than 142,000 people learned they had the cancer and 53,000-plus died from it in 2007. MISTY WILLIAMS
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