Medical student recognition banquet to be held Jan. 19
Graduating minority medical students at East Carolina University will be recognized Saturday, Jan. 19, at the 24th annual Dr. Andrew A. Best Senior Recognition Banquet. The event begins at 7...
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Scientist receives $1.6 million to study ways to stop dangerous germ
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Researchers at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University are looking at ways to control a germ that causes serious infections in hospital patients...
ECU Family Medicine Center receives $1 million from Golden LEAF
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Golden LEAF Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to help build a new Family Medicine Center at East Carolina University. "This award from...
Seven projects receive nearly $254,000 in Brody Brothers research grants
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Research projects led by faculty at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, including one that exposes medical students to a summer of investigation,...
Smokers can start kicking the habit Jan. 8 with ECU program
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Smokers who resolve to put down their packs in the new year can get some help from ECU Physicians' eight-week smoking cessation program. Called "Freedom from...
Heart institute receives $500,000 gift from Rocky Mount family
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Two areas of East Carolina University's new heart institute will be named for a prominent Rocky Mount family thanks to a $500,000 pledge. Boddie-Noell Enterprises...
Ninth annual ECU Neuroscience Symposium to be Nov. 29
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The possibility of regrowing nerve cells following neurological injuries or illnesses will be the topic of the ninth annual East Carolina University Neuroscience Symposium Nov. 29...
Little changes take big bite out of weight, ECU study says
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Small dietary changes might not seem important, but they can go a long way toward helping children achieve a healthy weight, according to an evaluation of...
Smoking cessation program to be offered at ECU
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Experts from ECU Physicians will help smokers kick the habit during an eight-week smoking cessation program starting Tuesday, Oct. 30. Called "Freedom from Smoking," the...
Study: Eastern N.C. women find own breast tumors, and they’re often larger
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Breast cancer patients in eastern North Carolina frequently find their tumors themselves, and those tumors, often found later than they would be through mammograms, are larger...