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Coronary heart disease is another risk.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Marijuana, heart and stroke concerns
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 7:43 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A Pfizer commercial promotes getting both shots at once.
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 @ 8:08 am
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) does not appear to have endured a stroke or have a seizure disorder, the attending physician of the U.S. Congress said in a new update on Tuesday after the lawmaker’s second freeze-up last week.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 8:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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In an unexpected turn of events, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has rocketed to the top of polls for the 2024 Democratic Party nomination for president after suffering what appeared to be a stroke in the middle of a press conference yesterday.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 11:30 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Transgender patients who undergo hormone therapy have a significantly increased risk of serious health problems, such as stroke, heart attack, and pulmonary embolism, according to a new study.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 7:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that it has launched an “additional investigation” into Pfizer’s updated COVID booster
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 1:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Pennsylvania voters are on the edge of their seats today as Senate Candidate Mehmet Oz has promised to reveal one weird trick to getting crushed in a Senate race by a violent stroke victim.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 6:40 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman is planning a return to the campaign trail on Thursday after suffering a stroke two months ago.
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 3:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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Recognition marks completion of stroke certification for all ECU Health hospitals
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 8:26 pm
By: ECU News Services
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"It is very easy to administer, which makes it a game changer when seconds count to save brain cells."
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 @ 2:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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State Attorney General Josh Stein is recovering today from a “minor stroke.” He shared details through his Twitter feed.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 3:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke late last week, according to a statement his office released late on Tuesday afternoon.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Vidant Health hospitals have received several American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for their work in treating stroke and heart failure.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2019 @ 2:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has selected seven organizations across the state to receive federal funds to promote healthier living through better nutrition and increased physical activity in the communities they serve.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 11:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington recently received a $43,000 grant from the nonprofit North Carolina Stroke Association (NCSA) as part of its Time is Brain, Time for Change initiative
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2018 @ 8:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An East Carolina University doctoral student in clinical health psychology has secured one of eight national grants from the Heart Rhythm Society to screen area residents for atrial fibrillation (AFib) and stroke risk using smartphone electrocardiogram (ECG) technology
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 6:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Strokes are the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States and the top cause of serious long-term disability, and two East Carolina University biology professors are working to identify genetic markers that indicate greater risk of recurrent stroke
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 1:17 am
By: ECU News Services
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Mrs. Christine Snyder Waters Stokesberry, age 89, a resident of Pinetown, NC, died Friday February 10, 2017 at Autumnfield Nursing and Rehabilitation
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2017 @ 11:18 am
By: Announcements
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February is American Heart Month, and Vidant Health is encouraging everyone in eastern North Carolina to "Love Your Heart."
Published: Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 @ 11:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The purple and gold faces of 72 pansies are brightening up a clinic entry way thanks to East Carolina University's aphasia therapy group
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 4:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Oct. 29 is World Stroke Day. The stroke team at Vidant Medical Center strives to provide quality and efficient stroke care throughout eastern North Carolina
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 2:12 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Six of Vidant Health's hospitals are joining the Wake Forest Baptist Telestroke Network. Fully operational members include Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington, Vidant Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, and Vidant Edgecombe in Tarboro. Later this year, Vidant Bertie Hospital in Windsor, Vidant...
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 3:54 am
By: Chris Downey
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For the sixth consecutive year, Vidant Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At last week's wellness day in Rocky Mount, Willie Green compared preventive health care to looking after his car. "You got to keep everything checked up," he said. "It's like checking the air in your tires." Green was one of more than 20 men and women from Rocky Mount and surrounding towns that...
Published: Saturday, March 8th, 2014 @ 2:23 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Active in the church and in the Bear Grass community where he and his wife live, 63-year-old Ervin Harris had four strokes just days apart in April 2011. The first came after physical therapy for knee surgery. "We went directly from rehabilitation to the emergency room," Susan said.
Published: Friday, October 18th, 2013 @ 2:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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October 29 is World Stroke Day and Vidant Medical Center is teaming up with the World Stroke Campaign to educate and raise awareness about the dangers of the disease.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 12:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The public is invited to attend a free education and stroke awareness screening session in Grimesland.
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 @ 11:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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