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Duke Students Bridge Healthcare Gaps In North Carolina’s Rural Communities
Duke Students Bridge Healthcare Gaps In North Carolina’s Rural Communities (The Chronicle, Madera Longstreet-Lipson) – Multiple times a year, a group of Duke undergraduates pack their bags and make...
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Geriatric Wellness For Primary Care
Geriatric Wellness For Primary Care (Piedmont AHEC) – This educational program is specifically designed for physicians and healthcare professionals who work with geriatric patients in primary care...
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Two UNC Health hospitals Named To Newsweek’s “Best Maternity Hospitals 2025”...
Two UNC Health hospitals Named To Newsweek’s “Best Maternity Hospitals 2025” List (UNC Health) — Two UNC Health Hospitals have been named to Newsweek’s “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2025” list:...
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Medicaid Expanded NC Health-Care Access. This Fix Could Make It Run Smoother
Medicaid Expanded NC Health-Care Access. This Fix Could Make It Run Smoother (The Carolina Journal, Craig Richardson and Erik Randolph) – Two years ago, many low-income households in North Carolina...
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🎉It’s New Member Monday!🎉 Say Hello to These New Members or the NCMS!
The NCMS is excited to welcome these new members! We are thrilled to have you! Michael A. Abdou, MD Temitope E. Adebayo, MD Amanda M. Allen, MD Bailey C. Allen, MD Levi A. Almond, PA Aubrey E....
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ECU Health’s Roanoke Rapids ICR program, The First Of Its Kind In Eastern...
ECU Health’s Roanoke Rapids ICR program, The First Of Its Kind In Eastern North Carolina ((ECU Health) — On Jan. 6, the ECU Health Cardiac Rehabilitation – Roanoke Rapids clinic, partnered with...
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Study Highlights Cancer Risk From Millions Of CT Scans Performed Annually
Study Highlights Cancer Risk From Millions Of CT Scans Performed Annually (NPR, Ronnie Cohen) – CT scans diagnose afflictions from tumors to kidney stones to life-threatening diseases and injuries,...
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Stem Cells To Treat Parkinson’s? 2 New Studies Hint At Success.
Stem Cells To Treat Parkinson’s? 2 New Studies Hint At Success (NPR, Jon Hamilton) — Patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease may soon benefit from a powerful treatment option: stem-cell...
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Brisk Walking Lowers Risk of Potentially Deadly Heart Rhythm Issues, Study...
Brisk Walking Lowers Risk of Potentially Deadly Heart Rhythm Issues, Study Finds: Here’s the Ideal Speed (Nice News, Stephen Beech) – The next time you’re out for your daily walk, add a little extra...
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Is a Blood Test for Postpartum Depression on the Horizon?
Fewer than 10 percent of women seek medical help for postpartum depression (Sara Novak) — Postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, affecting about 1 in 7 women after...
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US Women Physicians Have Higher Risk of Suicide Compared With General Population
US Women Physicians Have Higher Risk of Suicide Compared With General Population (Clinical Pain Advisor, Ron Goldberg) – Women physicians in the United States vs women who are not physicians have a...
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What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Becoming A Living Kidney Donor
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew About Becoming A Living Kidney Donor (AMA, Sara Berg, MS) – The decision to donate a kidney is not just an act of generosity; it’s a lifesaving act that provides hope...
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NC State Health Plan Clear Pricing Project Update
NC State Health Plan Clear Pricing Project Update Please Complete Survey at Bottom The State Health Plan (Plan) would like to extend its sincere gratitude to the providers that have supported the...
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“I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take This Anymore!” One Doctor’s...
With thanks to Dr. David N. Korones and JAMA Neurology “I’m as Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take This Anymore!” So shouted news broadcaster Howard Beale in the iconic 1976 film “Network” as he...
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Cancer Death Rates Declining, New Report Says, But Diagnosis Rates Are On The...
Cancer Death Rates Declining, New Report Says, But Diagnosis Rates Are On The Rise For Women (CNN, Katherine Dillinger) – A new report on cancer in the US shows a steady decline in overall deaths from...
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Look! Up in the Sky! Get Ready to See The Lyrid Meteor Shower
Look! Up in the Sky! Get Ready to See The Lyrid Meteor Shower (CNN, Kameryn Griesser and Ashley Strickland) – After months without a meteor shower, sky-gazers now have a reason to keep their chins up...
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A New Consensus On Substance Use Disorders And Healthcare
A New Consensus On Substance Use Disorders And Healthcare (NC Newsline, Sara Harington and Jana Burson) – New polling from the Legal Action Center shows North Carolinians nearly universally (98%) view...
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Nearly Half of U.S. Gets Failing Grades for Air
Some NC cities rank high, but that could be changing. (Axios, Alex Fitzpatrick) — Nearly half of Americans are now exposed to potentially dangerous levels of air pollution, per a new report. Why it...
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Cyberattack Aftermath – Loan Repayment Pressure from Optum – Are You Impacted?
Cyberattack Aftermath – Loan Repayment Pressure from Optum – Are You Impacted? In February 2024, Change Healthcare, the medical claims clearinghouse and payment processor of the UnitedHealth Group,...
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NCDHHS: ‘Be on Alert’: Mpox Detected in Sewage Samples in NC
NCDHHS: ‘Be on Alert’: Mpox Detected in Sewage Samples in NC (WYFF, Stephanie Moore) — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is asking people and providers to be on alert for mpox...
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