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Metrolina Nephrology Associates Honored with Healthcare Innovation’s 2025...
Charlotte, N.C. — April 29, 2025 — Interwell Health is proud to celebrate our partner, Metrolina Nephrology Associates, on being named a recipient of Healthcare Innovation’s 2025 Innovator Awards....
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Perinatal Addiction Clinic Opens in Eastern North Carolina
Perinatal Addiction Clinic Opens in Eastern North Carolina The ECU Health IMPACT Clinic –the first integrated perinatal addiction clinic in eastern North Carolina– will begin accepting patients on May...
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NC Hospital Safety Grades Show Wide Range From A To D
NC Hospital Safety Grades Range From A To D (WRAL)— A newly released report on hospital safety grades shows a wide variance for hospitals in central North Carolina. A non-profit group once again give...
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Plastic in Our Minds: Microplastics Discovered in the Human Brain
Plastic in Our Minds: Microplastics Discovered in the Human Brain (Novant Health, Camille Prairie) — The world is awash in tiny plastic particles. And scientists found an ingenious way to drive home...
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2025 NCMS White Coat Day Ends With Huge Win for CARE FIRST Act!
2025 NCMS White Coat Day Ends With Huge Win for CARE FIRST Act! This CARE FIRST Act passed the house in a 109-1 vote on April 29, 2025, the culmination of years of work by the North Carolina Medical...
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🎉It’s New Member Monday!🎉
The NCMS is excited to welcome these new members! We are thrilled to have you! Lindsey N. Ahearn, PA Ramona P. Albrecht, PA-C Emily C. Ashe, DO Ibtisam S. Atamna, DO Elizabeth S. Bogan, DO Lydia...
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NC Hospitals In State Of Standby, Preparing As Measles Threat Grows
NC Hospitals In State Of Standby, Preparing As Measles Threat Grows (WRAL, Grace Hayba) — As measles cases rise nationwide, local hospitals are on high alert for possible cases. Health officials...
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How to Support Your Mental Health During Uncertain Times
How to Support Your Mental Health During Uncertain Times (Duke Today, Stephen Schramm and Jodie Valade) — In the span of a year, Karen Fernando’s world turned upside down. She was newly separated,...
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UNC Oncologist William Kim Highlights Immunotherapy’s Role In Cancer Conquest
UNC Oncologist William Kim Highlights Immunotherapy’s Role In Cancer Conquest (ChosunBiz, Lee Yong-Seong) — The results of various types of “immune anticancer drug” treatments on patients with...
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‘Natural’ Moves That Induce Labor? Novant Health Fact-Checks 9 Claims
‘Natural’ Moves That Induce Labor? Novant Health Fact-Checks 9 Claims (Novant Health, Katie Toussaint)— The last weeks of pregnancy can be rough. It was December 2024 and I was sooooo ready to move...
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ICYMI: NCMS 2025 White Coat Day Was Huge Success (And A Lot of Fun)!
A Great 2025 White Coat Day That Ended with the NC House Passing HB434! April 3o, 2025, was a big day for the North Carolina Medical Society! Sixty-five members (and a few future members) joined...
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Alzheimer’s Cases Surpass 7 Million Nationally; North Carolina Sees Growing...
Alzheimer’s Cases Surpass 7 Million Nationally; North Carolina Sees Growing Impact, Urgent Call for Early Detection and Treatment (Goldsboro Daily News, Deonna Starks) — For the first time, the number...
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Make Your Plans Now to Join DOCMS & WCMS For A Virtual Event!
Make Your Plans Now to Join DOCMS & WCMS For A Virtual Event! Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 6:30pm – 7:30pm Via Zoom “The Changing Climate Affects YOUR Patients” Speakers: Kathleen Shapley – Quinn, MD...
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Stomach Cancer Is Increasingly Being Detected Earlier, Raising Hopes For...
Stomach Cancer Is Increasingly Being Detected Earlier, Raising Hopes For Survival (NBC, Linda Carroll) — Doctors are increasingly detecting stomach tumors at an early stage, raising hopes for...
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Can Your Diet Affect Fertility? Gut-Linked Dietary Score Reveals Surprising...
Can Your Diet Affect Fertility? Gut-Linked Dietary Score Reveals Surprising Risk Pattern (News Medical, Hugo Francisco de Souza) — In a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers...
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UNC Hospitals Fight To Bring Life Into The World With Twin-To-Twin...
UNC Hospitals Fight To Bring Life Into The World With Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (UNC Health, Brittany Phillips) — Excitement. Disbelief. Panic. It’s a mixed bag of emotions when finding out...
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These Are The Safest Hospitals In NC, Report Says. See If Yours Made The List
These Are The Safest Hospitals In NC, Report Says. See If Yours Made The List (The Charlotte Observer, Evan Moore) — How safe are North Carolina hospitals? A national health care watchdog group...
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Medicaid Managed Care Back Porch Chat
Medicaid Managed Care Back Porch Chat Key NC Medicaid Updates Thursday, May 15 | noon-1 p.m. Please join this month’s Back Porch Chat on Thursday, May 15 from 12-1 p.m. This webinar will be hosted by...
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Physicians Reluctantly Pack The EHR In Their Carry-On Luggage
Physicians Reluctantly Pack The EHR In Their Carry-On Luggage (AMA, Georgia Garvey) — A physician’s most intrusive, unwelcome and demanding travel companion just may be the EHR—the coworker they can’t...
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New Study: Exercise May be Secret Weapon Against Cancer Treatment Negative...
New Study Finds Physical Activity May Mitigate Some Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (NICE NEWS) — There’s no doubt exercise is good for your heart, bones, balance, and brain. And a new study found...
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