Medical students ready for annual Match Day
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Graduating East Carolina University medical students will learn where they will spend the next few years as doctors-in-training during the annual Match Day at noon Thursday,...
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ECU researchers uncover potential nerve-repair mechanism
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Treatment for people with nerve damage may be possible following a discovery by East Carolina University scientists that a key molecular mechanism plays a role in...
Officials dedicate community health center
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Fitting the festive occasion, clouds parted and the sun shone brightly long enough Friday morning to dedicate the new James D. Bernstein Community Health Center. After...
Drug study shows need for more oversight, ECU surgeon says
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A study of an anti-bleeding drug that can lead to kidney damage and death points to the need for better evaluation of drugs and medical devices,...
Medical schools, teaching hospitals have strong economic punch
GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University contributed to an estimated $14 billion economic impact in North Carolina in 2005, according to a new...
Study profiles repeat visitors to trauma center
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 19, 2007) — Approximately 3.4 percent of patients treated in rural trauma centers are repeat visitors, and they are likely to be older women, according...
Medical center adds third surgical robot
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University physicians showed off their newest surgical robot and touted its benefits to patients and the wider eastern North Carolina community Thursday. The...
Nurse anesthetist program accredited at ECU
GREENVILLE — The nurse anesthesia program at the East Carolina University School of Nursing has received a 10-year accreditation. The Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs granted...
Frances Joyner Monk gift to fund new geriatric center
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A $2.5 million gift from a local family will help build a new geriatric center at East Carolina University. The gift by the late Frances Joyner...
ECU among top universities in getting innovations to public
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University ranks in the top-10 in five categories in a recent report that scores universities around the world on how well they turn their...