Drug doesn’t reduce deaths due to heart surgery complications
GREENVILLE, N.C. (July 26, 2012) — A drug designed to shield the heart from injury during bypass surgery failed to reduce deaths, strokes and other serious events among...
ECU News Services Archives
ACADESINE STUDY
A drug designed to shield the heart from injury during bypass surgery failed to reduce deaths, strokes and other serious events among patients at high risk of complications, according to...
FUNDS FOR TEACHING
Golden Living Center has donated $118,000 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to support the department’s teaching nursing home project. ...
Innovators Academy expands to Edgecombe County
East Carolina University took a popular on-campus summer program on the road this summer. The Middle School Innovators Academy, which teaches innovation and creative thinking through design, debuted at...
Chitwood speaks at Beijing conference
Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. was one of the speakers at a recent conference on robotic surgery in China. Chitwood, the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Distinguished Chair and director...
Golden Living Center donates to Brody School of Medicine
GREENVILLE, N.C. (July 24, 2012) — Golden Living Center has donated $118,000 to the Department of Family Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University...
Chitwood addresses surgery group in China
GREENVILLE, N.C. (July 24, 2012) — Dr. W. Randolph Chitwood Jr. was one of the speakers at a recent conference on robotic surgery in China. Chitwood, the Eddie...
LEARNING TO LEAD
The Shelton Leadership Challenge at East Carolina University held its inaugural six-day residential camp for approximately 25 high school students July 15 – 20. Participants spent the week expanding skills...
LIFE-SAVING THERAPY
Doctors in eastern North Carolina are perfecting a new method for replacing worn out heart valves that promises less pain and faster recovery times. Surgeons and cardiologists at the...
NOT AT ECU
An internal audit at East Carolina University looking for clusters of athletes across courses or majors in the past 12 months found no instances of academic fraud, administrators said today....