During their first week at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine, first-year medical students are inundated with typical orientation-related activities, such as learning about the school’s policies, classes, exams and technology....
Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS – are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults. The risk of these diseases is reduced by intake...
Farmers in eastern North Carolina are facing a crisis of compounding issues that are threatening their mental health and that of their families. The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute – a...
Farmers in eastern North Carolina are facing a crisis of compounding issues that are threatening their mental health and that of their families. There’s the increased competition from foreign trade...
On the rare occasions when farmers are able to leave their land, they are never truly separated from their farms. “They’re usually going to a farm organization meeting, a farm...
The stresses facing North Carolina’s farmers are not unique, which is why officials at the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute hope that the statewide work they are doing will one day...
Farmers also faced a crisis in the 1980s when the interest rates for operating or purchasing farmland skyrocketed but land values failed to increase as part of the lending calculations....
Griffin Farms, Inc. is an 1,800-acre, family-owned farm on the outskirts of Washington, North Carolina, that grows tobacco, corn, wheat and soybeans. The farm employs 16 workers, but on a...
East Carolina University, the Duplin County School District and health professionals in Duplin County collectively launched an initiative in 2016 in hopes of removing some of the barriers to health...
A researcher at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Wednesday, May 15, about the negative health effects of chemical compounds that are estimated...