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Officials with Vidant Health and Vidant Medical Center cut the ribbon today on the new children's emergency department.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 7:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Hezekiah Alexander's role in the Revolution is a good example. His home, built in 1774, ought to be a colorful Carolina shrine to the birth of political liberty in America, rather than a setting for the tedious or trivial, as many believe the museum has become.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 7:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No matter how hard we try there is nothing we can do to avert the naturally occurring storms in life.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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The new children's emergency department is located next to the main emergency department at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 5:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Surgeons and cardiologists at the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center and East Carolina University achieved a first in North and South Carolina.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 7:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Medical Center patients who are unable or too sick to be transported to radiology for a computed tomography (CT) scan can now have the diagnostic service performed in their rooms.
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 @ 11:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Medical Center is among the nation's Best Regional Hospitals 2011-12, according to U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Hospitals. U.S. News annually publishes the Best Hospitals rankings in July.
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 @ 1:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bellanger comes to Wallace from Sampson Internal Medicine in Clinton, NC where she has worked since August 2009.
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Several Vidant Health hospitals have earned national awards for performance in quality and patient safety.
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eggs are one of the highest quality sources of protein, with the healthiest part being the yolk. Vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants (such as lutein) are found in the yolk.
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2012 @ 9:01 am
By: David Winstead
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History is full of cases in which people subverted their own just causes by acting impulsively rather than carefully considering the costs and benefits.
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2012 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A dog, a pickup truck, spurned love, maybe some prison time, and beer -- a good country song mentions them in some combination. That's the old joke.
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 9:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Jose can you see," this was a line from Jose Jimenez's routine on the Ed Sullivan show, Sunday nights, on CBS in the sixties. Jose Jimenez was a stage name for the comedian Bill Dana.
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 @ 3:43 pm
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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I am in the helping profession. As a doc, I get to help people everyday. Not only do I help them understand their illness, but I hope I help them successfully deal with the worst illness known to humankind- as they used to say in the 1960's- the big "C".
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 9:04 pm
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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Join Channel 12 WCTI meteorologist Skip Waters at Kohl's to learn more about the dangers of keeping children in hot cars. A smores demonstration will be provided.
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A "Kid Break," you ask? Well my mind went back to a time when I was around fourteen having spent a year living with relatives just outside of Kansas City, Missouri.
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 @ 10:46 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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In every thing that happens around you always look for the good. This does not mean to excuse any bad behavior, but instead look for the reasons why such behavior is occurring.
Published: Thursday, June 14th, 2012 @ 2:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When the ancient Roman author Vegetius wrote that those who desire peace should prepare for war, he was offering a timeless insight about the risks of presenting a weak front to an aggressive opponent. If only James Madison had taken the insight to heart.
Published: Monday, June 11th, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help Vidant Health increase access to specialized intensive care for patients in four eastern North Carolina counties.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 9:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beginning June 6, Food Lion stores will exclusively carry specially designed Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts® and Cheez-It® boxes. Kellogg will donate $1 to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals for every four boxes sold, up to $50,000.
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2012 @ 1:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health will be holding a press conference Wednesday, June 6, at 11:30 a.m. to host officials from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Miracle Children and their stories of remarkable courage during life-threatening illnesses and injuries helped make the 27th annual Celebration Broadcast a tremendous success.
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 @ 12:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Life is not designed to be easy. If there is any doubt, just look back at what your own birth and delivery were like. It is not the struggles that make or break us, but how we deal with and handle the challenges that we face daily.
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 @ 10:37 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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We are most pleased to have the opportunity to bring to our readership the often reflective, and always knowledgeable words of Oncologist John Inzerillo, MD.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 10:56 am
By: John Inzerillo, M.D.
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The East Carolina Heart Institute has received the highest quality rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 8:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today is the sesquicentennial of the first day of the Battle of Seven Pines. It was a key moment in the brief history of the Confederate States of America, the long history of the United States of America, and the very long history of unintended consequences.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center has received full accreditation with percuteous coronary intervention (PCI) from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC).
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 @ 11:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Thirty-four years ago today, this young man took a giant step toward improving his prospects for a good and purposeful life: I married Lynn Womble.
Published: Sunday, May 27th, 2012 @ 12:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Health announced today that Dr. David Herman, current president and chief operating officer, will assume the role of chief executive officer beginning July 1.
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2012 @ 1:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On this date in 1771, two large groups of armed North Carolinians were camped about six mile away from each other in what is now Alamance County.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center is hosting its 6th annual Cancer Survivors Day event on Sunday, June 10th at First Church of Christ.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 6:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital will once again offer the Safe Sitters babysitting program this summer. Safe Sitters is a medically accurate program that teaches boys and girls ages 11 to 13 how to handle emergencies when caring for children.
Published: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 @ 7:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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No she is not my mother, but she is the mother of my four children, and takes fine care of me, so a huge thank-you to the mother that keeps the Deatherage's held fast.
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2012 @ 9:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The staff of the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center is pleased to welcome radiation oncologist, Dr. Robert McLaurin to the practice. Dr. McLaurin joins Dr. John Inzerillo and Physician Assistant, Nicole Davia in caring for cancer patients in a 15-county region of eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 7th, 2012 @ 4:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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