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WASHINGTON, DC — In a major win for body positivity, the Center for Disease Control released a new scale this week to help doctors inform slightly larger patients they're doing great and definitely won't die young from any sort of coronary episode.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 8:43 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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A new study has found that obese people are at risk for being diagnosed with more cancers than previously thought.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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"... there is a relative increase of around 20% to 30% in breast cancer risk associated with current or recent use of either combined oral or progestagen-only contraceptives."
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU medical student research highlights rural adolescent physical activity, health disparities
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2022 @ 10:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The latest complaint from Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is that she is being abused by a prison guard.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 10:43 am
By: Daily Wire
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The pandemic and the government’s general response has exposed a curious paradox.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 10:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In recognition of its engagement and scholarship initiatives, East Carolina University is one of four universities selected to compete for a national award this fall
Published: Thursday, August 10th, 2017 @ 2:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Vidant Medical Center and Pitt Partners have been awarded a grant from The Duke Endowment to help improve health in Pitt County
Published: Friday, January 13th, 2017 @ 10:20 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The presentation of a new recognition for philanthropy was the highlight of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees and ECU Foundation dinner on Nov. 10.
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 12:29 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 11:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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Why do we call fussy government regulations "red tape"?
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was early on a Friday morning, but East Carolina University nutrition student Kara Massotti was wide awake and focused on her patient at ECU's Family Medicine Center. George Broussard needed to keep better track of his calories, and the recommended tool was a smart phone application.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 4:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Vidant Health Foundation distributed more than $1.8 million through 132 grants for communities in eastern North Carolina for the 2015-2016 grant cycle. Grants were awarded for programs that focused on chronic disease prevention and management, access to care and nutrition and physical activity.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: Chris Downey
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When seventh-grade science teacher and East Carolina University alumnus Tim Hardison learned his fellow Martin County residents had the shortest life expectancy in the state, he wanted to know why. So he dug a little deeper and discovered his rural, economically challenged county also had...
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Throughout the month of March, in recognition of National Nutrition Month, the East Carolina University Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center and Pitt Partners for Health are offering free grocery store tours aimed at teaching community members how to eat healthy on a limited...
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 2:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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It has been long hypothesized that what and when you eat affects your bottom line (pun intended). But new animal research suggests that limiting the amount of time in which food is consumed during the day may directly relate to obesity or healthy weight - at least in mice models, that is...
Published: Friday, January 30th, 2015 @ 10:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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Forty-seven physicians from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University have been chosen by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 "Best Doctors in America" list.
Published: Monday, November 24th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As the holiday season approaches, a multidisciplinary health care team at East Carolina University is helping patients balance celebration with self-care through a new cooking series called "Eat Right Now!"
Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As the holiday season approaches, many of us look forward to fun events full of family, friends and food. However, those who are working to achieve or maintain a healthy weight may also worry about gaining extra pounds amidst the celebration.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 8:09 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Three days a week, Becky Blanton of Jamesville travels 90 miles round trip to East Carolina University. And she's not attending classes.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 5:20 am
By: ECU News Services
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Drs. David Brown and S. Raza Shaikh have very different scientific skill sets. They might never have met if not for a multi-disciplinary research group based at East Carolina University.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 11:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"Health Discoveries," a production of ECU-TV, will launch at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31. The "Health Discoveries" series, hosted by Dr. Samuel F. Sears, will highlight specific successes of East Carolina University faculty in solving important health problems via research, teaching and service.
Published: Saturday, September 6th, 2014 @ 9:24 am
By: ECU News Services
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We tend to think bad or unusual or unbelievable things are happening some place else in the world and we are safe in our private corner. Was all that crazy business about Mayor Bloomberg regulating burgers and soft drinks some reporter trying to make news?
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2012 @ 9:30 am
By: Hood Richardson
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