Future medical student getting head start on research
One member of the South Central High School class of 2011 already has the next several years of her life mapped out. Shayna Mooney will attend East Carolina University through...
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Grant to help fight diabetes among African-American women
East Carolina University has received $300,000 to help African-American women fight type 2 diabetes. The two-year grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation will help fund efforts by ECU faculty members...
Students find secrets in sand at Fort Macon
Students from East Carolina University wrapped up an archaeology dig at Fort Macon State Park last week that should help shed some light on what life was like for Civil...
Treadwell to lead medical society
Dr. Edward Treadwell, a rheumatologist and professor of medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was installed as president of the Old North State Medical Society...
Camps let kids have fun despite illnesses
From sailing to snakes, talent shows to terrapins, a group of eastern North Carolina kids spent a week in June enjoying the experiences of summer camp – at least some...
Officials break ground on Children’s Hospital addition
A major hospital addition will help make sure sick and injured children in eastern North Carolina have access to the expertise, equipment and facilities to help and heal them. That...
New doctors boost children’s kidney transplants
Fifteen-year-old Dakota Widdows of Swansboro has a new kidney and a new outlook on life. Thanks to a renewed transplant program at East Carolina University and Pitt County Memorial Hospital,...
ECU students chosen for family medicine scholars program
Five East Carolina University medical students have been selected to participate in a program aimed at mentoring students who aspire to be family physicians. The ECU students chosen to participate...
Camp helps children achieve a healthy weight
For the fourth year, a healthy lifestyle camp for overweight youth will be held at the Eastern 4-H Center in Columbia. The camp, called Take Off 4-Health, will provide a...
Cardiac imaging center re-accredited
The Cardiovascular Imaging Center at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received national reaccreditation. The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories has granted...