Camps allow sick children to just be kids
Each year children with cancer, hemophilia and sickle-cell disease are invited to special camps designed to accommodate their medical needs while still allowing them to enjoy being kids. Sponsored by...
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ECU Offers Security Studies program
A new security studies program at East Carolina University has already drawn interest from dozens of students. Combining elements from the departments of political science, environmental health, planning, public administration...
New technology helps patients with esophageal cancer
The photodynamic therapy team at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center added to its list of accomplishments recently by treating a patient with esophageal cancer. A 76-year-old woman became the...
Physical therapy clinic opens at Firetower Medical Office
ECU Physical Therapy, a new outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic, has opened at ECU Physicians Firetower Medical Office on Fire Tower Road in Winterville. The clinic, owned by East Carolina...
ECU FACULTY AWARDED SEED GRANTS TO FURTHER RESEARCH
East Carolina University’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies awarded $550,000 in grants to 23 professors last month under the new Research Development Grant Program. The grants will enable ECU...
Novick to lead MPH program at ECU
A nationally known public health expert is joining the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University to lead the Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and the master's...
Hughes selected for national leadership program
Karla Hughes, dean of the College of Human Ecology at East Carolina University, has been selected to participate in the American Council on Education Fellows Program for 2005-2006. The ACE...
Occupational therapy faculty to serve at White House Conference on Aging
Dr. Anne Dickerson, professor and chairman of the Department of Occupational Therapy in the School of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University, has been appointed as a delegate to...
ECU archeologist returns to jordan through research grants
ECU archeologist Megan Perry has spent the past few months combing burial sites in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan. Armed with a grant from the Joukowsky Family Foundation and...
Inflammation may increase risk of heart damage among people with asthma
East Carolina University researchers have found a link between asthma-related inflammation and heart and blood vessel illness. The illnesses, such as congestive heart failure, angina and vasculitis, or inflammation of...