Doug Boyd Archives

Mar 04, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

POTENTIAL HAZARDS

An East Carolina University researcher is studying the effects of microscopic particles that are important parts of products ranging from sunscreens to sailboats but which could pose as-yet-unknown hazards to...

Mar 04, 2013
  • Doug Boyd

Grant funds study of nanotubes’ effect on lungs

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Mar. 4, 2013)   —   An East Carolina University researcher is studying the effects of microscopic particles that are important parts of products ranging from sunscreens to...

Mar 01, 2013
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MONK ENDOWMENT

The Monk family, which built a leading tobacco exporting company in Farmville, has endowed a chair at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.   Medical school leaders announced...

Feb 26, 2013
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A GROWING PRACTICE

Health care providers with ECU Physicians are delivering more care to more patients, officials said Thursday. In January, the group medical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East...

Feb 26, 2013
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ECU Physicians productivity continues to rise

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Feb. 26, 2013)   —   Health care providers with ECU Physicians are delivering more care to more patients, officials said Thursday.  Through January, the group medical practice...

Feb 14, 2013
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‘BACK IN THE SWING’

A good night for East Carolina University’s men’s basketball team was also a special night for longtime radio play-by-play announcer Jeff Charles. Charles returned to the sideline for the first...

Feb 08, 2013
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TREATMENT OPTIONS

Like many patients at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, Mary Jones drives to Greenville for regular follow-up visits with an oncologist.  But what makes Jones different is that she's...

Feb 06, 2013
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Clinical trials pave way for medical advances

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Feb. 6, 2013)   —   Like many patients at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, Mary Jones drives to Greenville for regular follow-up visits with an oncologist. ...

Jan 31, 2013
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ECU researchers receive cancer grants

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Jan. 31, 2013)   —   Researchers at East Carolina University are studying better ways to detect and treat prostate cancer with help from grants from Triad Golfers...

Jan 31, 2013
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IMPROVING CANCER DETECTION

Researchers at East Carolina University are studying better ways to detect and treat prostate cancer with help from two grants from Triad Golfers Against Cancer. Dr. Fred Bertrand, a scientist...