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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...