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...
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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...
New clinic offers better care for pulmonary hypertension
People in eastern North Carolina with the deadly disease pulmonary hypertension now have a one-stop clinic where physicians are providing coordinated, convenient care. East Carolina University has reorganized its pulmonary...
Sebelius discusses patient safety with ECU physicians
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius agreed on the importance of not only improving patient safety but also measuring the effectiveness of safety projects during talks today...
$10.5 million gift to help build pediatric wing, fund professorship
A $10.5 million gift announced today will help expand the Children's Hospital at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and fund a professorship in pediatrics at the Brody School of...
Reilly named top nurse at medical school
A cardiovascular nurse has been named the best in her field for 2011 at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and its medical group practice, ECU Physicians....
Free oral cancer screening to be May 17
Dentists with East Carolina University will conduct free screenings for oral cancer Tuesday, May 17, before the ECU-Old Dominion baseball game at Clark-LeClair Stadium. Dental chairs will be set up...
ECU recognized for sending graduates into family medicine
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is one of top medical schools in the country for sending graduates into family medicine, according to the American Academy of...
COMMENCEMENT 2011: ‘Do something bigger than yourself’
Since she was in second grade, Jammie Lynn McCurry has wanted to be a teacher. “I love helping others. I love teaching. I love seeing a child have their ‘ah-ha’...
Graduates mark end of medical school
The Class of 2011 formally completed medical school today during the annual convocation of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Seventy students received their degrees at the...