Medical Archives

Apr 27, 2011
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Kolasa presents on kids and nutrition

Kathy Kolasa (Family Medicine and Pediatrics) presented at the North Carolina Dietetic Association on “IN4Kids: Integrating Nutrition for Kids: Study Findings” with the IN4KIDS team from Duke University (Gwen Murphy,...

Mar 17, 2011
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Match success: ECU sending 65 percent into primary care residencies

Nearly two-thirds of the medical students graduating from East Carolina University this spring will go into primary care residencies. Those are the results of the annual Match Day, celebrated today...

Mar 17, 2011
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Advice from patient helps doctor, family stay close

WINTERVILLE, N.C.   (Mar. 17, 2011)   —   Dr. Tommy Ellis sees a lot of patients in his family medicine practice at East Carolina University. Almost always, he is able...

Mar 01, 2011
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Grant aids study of prostate cancer protein

With the help of a grant of more than $400,000, Dr. Maria Ruiz-Echevarria is looking at ways a protein could help the prognosis, treatment and/or, detection of prostate cancer.  Ruiz-Echevarria,...

Feb 27, 2011
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Valentine Gift

June Long was with her daughter browsing Valentine's Day cards when she received the call. A match to replace Long's failing kidneys had been found and was on its way to North Carolina. (Read more...)...

Feb 24, 2011
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Lessons from the Past

A small group of people can make a difference in fostering better health in a community and often have the most success in creating change, said the keynote speaker for the Jean Mills Health Symposium....

Feb 18, 2011
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Summer medical education program deadline nears

Students aiming for a career as a physician have until March 4 to apply to ECU’s Summer Program for Future Doctors....

Feb 14, 2011
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ECU Family Therapy Clinic honors Brody Family Medicine

The East Carolina University Family Therapy Clinic presented its Excellence in Collaboration and Biopsychosocial Care Award to the Brody School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Family Medicine Center...

Feb 01, 2011
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Bioengineered Veins

Thanks to research involving experts from East Carolina University, the day when a surgeon can pull a new human vein off the shelf for use in life-saving vascular surgeries is now one step closer to reality....

Feb 01, 2011
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Bioengineered Veins

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (2/2/11)--Thanks to research involving experts from East Carolina University, other universities and a Morrisville-based biotechnology firm, the day when a surgeon can pull a new human...