Doug Boyd Archives

Aug 05, 2002
  • Doug Boyd

Pfiesteria health impact warrants more study

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 5, 2002)   —   The microorganism that caused a sensation when it was discovered in the same waters as pockmarked fish may cause human illness, but...

Jul 17, 2002
  • Doug Boyd

Researchers aim at heat illness among farm workers

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (July 17, 2002)   —   During the last half of June, daytime high temperatures averaged just over 89 degrees. That's not hot for an hour or so...

Jun 05, 2002
  • Doug Boyd

Teens watch, learn and do in ECU medical program

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (June 5, 2002)   —   Yvonne Brooks, junior at Rose High in Greenville, had been pretty sure she wanted to pursue a health career. Her mother's a...

May 05, 2002
  • Doug Boyd

ECU opens new cardiac imaging center

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (May 5, 2002)   —   Cardiologists at East Carolina University are now seeing patients at the new Cardiovascular Imaging Center, located in Suite 1 at the Medical...

Feb 01, 2002
  • Doug Boyd

Two young African Americans discuss Black History Month

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Feb. 1, 2002)   —   Black History Month began more than 70 years ago as Negro History Week at Chicago's Wabash Street YMCA. The idea came from...

Dec 18, 2001
  • Doug Boyd
  • ECU News Services

Medical school receives grant for HIV clinic pharmacist

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Dec. 18, 2001)   —   The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a $59,244 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to...

Nov 01, 2001
  • Doug Boyd
  • ECU News Services

Hospitalists: A plus for patient care

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Nov. 1, 2001)   —   On a recent Monday, Dr. Anthony Smith was caring for 36 patients. That's about an average patient load on a typical day...

Oct 04, 2001
  • Doug Boyd
  • ECU News Services

Attack on America: Shock, horror and prayers for healing follow attacks

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Oct. 4, 2001)   —   The prayers spoken, the song sung, Dr. Larry Austin looked across the crowded Pitt County Memorial Hospital auditorium.  "We are strong," said...

Aug 28, 2001
  • Doug Boyd
  • ECU News Services

ECU Telemedicine Center, School for the Deaf link up

GREENVILLE, N.C.   (Aug. 28, 2001)   —   Students at the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf now have access to specialists at the Brody School of Medicine at...

Dec 05, 2000
  • Doug Boyd

EastCare transport program named best of year

EastCare, the critical-care transport unit of Pitt County Memorial Hospital, has been named program of the year by the Association of Air Medical Services, the international body for air and...