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National accreditation confirms patients have access to standardized, high-quality comprehensive care
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2023 @ 2:16 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU office helps researchers bring their ideas to market
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 9:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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Chancellor announces leadership appointments, ECU-branded academic health system
Published: Thursday, July 8th, 2021 @ 6:38 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students – all North Carolina residents – during its annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday morning.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2019 @ 12:01 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Twenty years ago, Amazon and Netflix were just starting out; now these mainstays of everyday life can offer valuable lessons for the health care industry.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Vidant Medical Center (VMC) continues to be committed and open to discussions about changes to its board structure.
Published: Thursday, June 6th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A champion for quality health care in the East and a face of university leadership and service has announced his retirement from the Brody School of Medicine at ECU
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2017 @ 5:31 am
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Mark Bowling is in a unique situation. He is the first Paul R. and Kathryn M. Hettinger Walker Distinguished Professor of Clinical Oncology in East Carolina University's Department of Oncology
Published: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 @ 10:27 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University (ECU) and Vidant Health today announced the signing of a formal agreement to integrate ECU Physicians, the clinical practice of The Brody School of Medicine at ECU, with Vidant Medical Group, Vidant’s multi-specialty physician group subsidiary into the new entity created las
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2017 @ 12:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two months ago, walking more than a few steps without resting was impossible for 4-year-old Daniel Ambikiire. A congenital heart defect prevented him from being an active boy and pursuing his desire to help his father tend the family's cattle at their home in Uganda
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2016 @ 5:26 am
By: ECU News Services
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Beginning Oct. 1, Vidant Medical Group (VMG) and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University will begin providing emergency medicine services at The Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head.
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 @ 3:08 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Scientists at East Carolina University are taking a closer look at the intercellular war that goes on between viruses and the human immune system in an effort to design better drugs to target the germs.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:25 am
By: ECU News Services
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The four donors and recipients involved in a recent kidney exchange at Vidant Medical Center met all together for the first time March 27 on the medical center campus.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 11:10 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The 18th annual 'Music for Miracles' radiothon, set for March 27-29 on 107.9 WNCT, raises funds to help sick and injured children in eastern North Carolina through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to benefit James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 12:48 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In rural eastern North Carolina, septic systems are the primary way sewage is treated. While the systems are simple yet effective, some experts now wonder if the systems and the rules governing their installation are sufficient to keep ground and surface water clean from the modern synthetic...
Published: Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 @ 7:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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An emerging relationship between East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington may yield ocean-bred therapeutics that target human diseases.
Published: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 @ 12:26 am
By: ECU News Services
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Most enzymes spend their lives breaking down proteins to benefit their host organisms, so East Carolina University biochemist Lance Bridges has an apt description for one he's investigating that apparently does nothing.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 12:08 am
By: ECU News Services
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An East Carolina University surgeon has been selected to serve as second vice president of the American College of Surgeons – the highest office in that organization ever held by a Brody School of Medicine doctor.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Nahrebeckis are celebrating a birthday today they never thought would come. Their two-year-old son, Austin, was born with a blockage in his kidneys, and he needed a transplant.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An incoming student at the Brody School of Medicine beat out candidates enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke and Wake Forest to earn a substantial scholarship that will help pay for medical school.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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A geographer, Mitchelson has been at ECU since 1999. He chaired the department of geography and served as interim chair of the English department. In 2011 he was appointed to chair ECU's Program Prioritization Committee, which evaluated programs campuswide and examined the university's academic...
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been awarded a grant from the national LIVESTRONG Foundation that will provide support for healing trauma endured by cancer treatment providers.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Studies conducted at East Carolina University have shown a way to predict which heart surgery patients may have a common postoperative complication as well as a way to treat those patients ahead of time to prevent it.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 1:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The 17th annual 'Music for Miracles' radiothon, set for March 21-23 on 107.9 WNCT, raises funds to help sick and injured children in eastern North Carolina through Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to benefit James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 1:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Three families will be celebrating Thanksgiving together this year, grateful that two young boys have a new chance at a healthy life. Tuguldur Ganzorig, 1, and Munkhbayar Munkhbat, 2, of Mongolia, along with their mothers and an interpreter, have spent the past few weeks living with a host family...
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Two East Carolina University professors presented research this week at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2013 in Dallas.
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 1:09 am
By: ECU News Services
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In 1972, when he and his classmates made up the first group of East Carolina University medical students, Dr. Douglas Privette said they knew they had to excel.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 9:13 pm
By: ECU News Services
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New research at East Carolina University suggests that omega-3 fatty acids may have potential applications for combating infections in obese people.
Published: Monday, October 21st, 2013 @ 11:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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Overcoming challenges and building a career in cupcakes were two memorable illustrations of leadership and service offered during the fourth event in the ECU Incredible Women’s Series.
Published: Sunday, October 13th, 2013 @ 7:03 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Dr. Jeffrey Ferguson was having a quiet summer afternoon recently when a call came in on his radio. A person had called 9-1-1 reporting that a female relative in her 80s was complaining of stroke-like symptoms. The caller was in a nearby neighborhood.
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2013 @ 7:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University physicians have begun seeing patients in the emergency department at Vidant Beaufort Hospital under a new agreement that brings university expertise to the community facility.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 @ 9:27 am
By: ECU News Services
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An East Carolina University laboratory dedicated to research on dementia has received $50,000 to advance studies of Alzheimer's disease.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 6:01 pm
By: ECU News Services
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At a small medical practice in the Duplin County town of Wallace, one diagnosis tends to stand out."Diabetes is rampant in eastern North Carolina," said Dr. Mott Blair of Vidant Family Practice-Wallace. "Sometimes it seems like every patient you see has diabetes."
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 @ 9:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Hospital mental health services across the state will get a boost thanks to the expansion of an East Carolina University program that delivers expertise through a telemedicine network.
Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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