North Carolina is notorious for its wild daily temperature swings. You might start the day needing long sleeves and long pants, change to shorts by lunchtime, then put on a jacket after sunset. For most of us, this is nothing more than a minor sartorial inconvenience; but for people over age 65, temperature swings can […]
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“Drive to Live” is a safety initiative by the North Carolina Highway Patrol. It is designed to reduce the number of collisions and traffic deaths involving teenagers. All this week, troopers will be enforcing all traffic laws around the state’s schools, especially during the hours of 6am to 5pm. Troopers will be looking for violations
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in February that it had discovered several lots of a counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin.
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When patients undergo surgery, they do so with the hope of becoming better, of recovery from some condition that requires physical repair or removal. No one, however, expects to leave the hospital with a little something extra–especially if that something is a sponge, forceps, or other surgical instrument left behind inside the body. This problem
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Ah, the joy of summer grilling. Just make sure that when your enjoy your burgers and kebabs, you don’t unintentionally end up needing surgery. This is one of those freaky stories that makes a person say, “Seriously?” According to an article on ScienceDaily, doctors at Rhode Island Hospital have identified six cases involving people who
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April is National Youth Sports Safety Month, and with the mild spring weather, this seems like a good time to listen to what experts are saying about preventing and treating kids’ sports injuries. Sports injuries can be acute (meaning they happen immediately, as from a fall or a blow)… or they can develop over time…
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