Food Brings Older Adults Back To The Table
Many kids grow up spending time after school with other kids in their neighborhood playing pick-up soccer, videogames or capture the flag. » E-Mail This
View Article'North Carolina Has An Underage Drinking Problem'
Almost twice as many middle and high school students compared to parents think that underage drinking is a serious issue, according to a survey...» E-Mail This
View ArticleConnecting Durham's Homeless to Health Care
As a child Jen Robinson had it rough. She grew up in an abusive household and periodically was forced to live in homeless shelters, but those turbulent...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNorth Carolina Doctor In Voluntary Quarantine After Returning From Liberian...
Doctor George Poehlman recently returned from an eight-week aid mission in Liberia. Upon his return, the retired Durham, N.C. family physician put...» E-Mail This
View ArticleFlu Related Deaths On The Rise In NC
Thirty people died from the flu last week in North Carolina - about three times more than died the previous week. "And those numbers are going to...» E-Mail This
View ArticleLearning To Like Muktuk
Penelope Easton ventured to the Alaskan territory as a young woman in 1948. It would have been an intimidating move for many young women in that era....
View ArticleNew Online Tool Can Help North Carolinians Save Thousands In Medical Costs
Are you about to have a medical procedure? Have you chosen a provider yet? Before you do, you might consider taking a look at what the procedure will...
View ArticleDomestic Violence: 'You Don’t Need To Be In Handcuffs To Realize You Have A...
Public incidents in the NFL in the past year sparked a national conversation about domestic violence. But millions of Americans are struggling with...
View Article480,000 People In NC Have Gotten Health Plan Through National Marketplace
Roughly 480,000 people in North Carolina have signed up or been automatically re-enrolled for Obamacare plans by the end of January using the healthcare...
View ArticleWhat Makes Us Smile?
Sure, it's more or less a given that we smile when we're happy and we smile when our picture is taken. But do we also smile automatically throughout the...
View ArticleNursing Injuries In Asheville
A little-known epidemic has swept through hospitals across the country: thousands of nursing staff suffer debilitating back and arm injuries every year...
View ArticleThe Bridges Between Economic Mobility And Minority Health
Health outcomes are tied to income and education, according to many studies, but little work has been done to examine the connections between long-term...
View ArticleGauging The Threat Of Nuclear War
It has been nearly 50 years since the U.S. and the Soviet Union first sat down to talk about limiting their arsenals of nuclear weapons. Today, Russia...
View ArticleA New Take On Nature Versus Nurture
There is a common metaphor in the scientific community that uses flowers to describe children’s sensitivity to their environments. A child like a...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Death And Dying
How do we die? For some death comes suddenly, and there is no time for preparation, but for others death slowly creeps up on us. Though it is...
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