Trader Joe’s recalls peanut butter over salmonella risk
The North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services is warning residents not to eat or buy a type of Trader Joe’s peanut butter because of a possible link to a national salmonella outbreak....
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Evernham gift helps found autism community center
Ray Evernham By DAVID BORAKS DavidsonNews.net Davidson has been chosen as the home for a new regional community center and training program for adults with high-functioning autism or Asperger Syndrome....
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Out of time, N.C. partners with U.S. on insurance exchange
By MICHAEL TOMSIC WFAE North Carolina is partnering with the federal government to set up a health insurance exchange. The exchange is a required part of President Obama’s health care law, and it’s...
View ArticleTime to get the facts about Type 1 diabetes
By NICOLETTE LABRIJN Everyone has heard of diabetes, but few are well-informed unless they are directly associated with the disease. When most people think of diabetes, they think of the form of...
View Article2 Lupus Foundation chapters in N.C. merge
Lupus Foundation of America NC Chapter CHARLOTTE – The Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter and the Lupus Foundation of America, Winston-Triad Chapter today announced that they have joined...
View ArticleCVS reopens Minute Clinic in Davidson store
CVS has reopened the Minute Clinic in its downtown Davidson store, offering treatment for minor illnesses and injuries and health screenings 7 days a week. The opening comes four years after the...
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Presbyterian facilities get a new name: Novant Health
Prebyterian Huntersville will become Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center. Presbyterian hospitals in Huntersville and Charlotte and other related health care facilities are getting a new name:...
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Davidson Family Medicine grows as an independent
Dr. Craig White and his staff care for patients of all ages off Main Street in Davidson in a practice that takes its cue from Dr. White’s experience going to the family doctor decades ago. By DAVID...
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New hospital meets a need for behavioral health care
Architect’s illustration shows the plan for Carolinas HealthCare System’s new Davidson hospital, off NC 73. By DAVID BORAKS DavidsonNews.net Work is underway on Carolinas HealthCare System’s $36...
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Hopes high, but progress slow at Kannapolis biotech campus
A view of the North Carolina Research Campus from a window in the Core Laboratory building. After five years, the campus remains mostly unbuilt. (Ben Bradford/WFAE) By BEN BRADFORD WFAE When...
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UNC doc: Cancer drugmakers should reveal side effects
By MICHAEL TOMSIC WFAE Cancer drug makers should do a much better job explaining how their new products will impact patients’ symptoms and quality of life. That’s the message from a UNC doctor in a...
View ArticleDavidson to host regional summit on health & planning
The Town of Davidson and Davidson College will host a major conference this month on the still-new practice of incorporating health-impact assessments into town planning. The first-ever Southeast...
View ArticleLake Norman Regional sold as part of $7.6B deal
A big merger between two publicly-traded hospital companies will mean a change of ownership next year for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, and Davis Regional Medical Center in...
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Craig White makes Charlotte and US best docs lists
Dr. Craig White Dr. Craig White of Davidson Family Medicine has reeled in a couple of local and national honors this summer in polls of his fellow docs. In July he landed on Charlotte Magazine’s Top...
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Big Lots recalls torches after Davidson man seriously hurt, others injured
The torches include a wick and liquid fuel. Big Lots has issued a recall. Big Lots has recalled 30,000 glass tabletop torches after some erupted in flames and injured users, including a Davidson man...
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Is NC Medicaid broken or award-winning?
By MICHAEL TOMSIC WFAE Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is still working on an overhaul of one of North Carolina’s most important – and expensive – health programs. Medicaid serves about 1.5 million...
View ArticleCHS adds behavioral health practice in Huntersville
HUNTERSVILLE - is now offering a wide range of behavioral health services at a new medical practice in Huntersville. Carolinas Psychiatry and Behavioral Wellness opened to patients on Tuesday, Sept....
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Church meeting offers answers on health care reform
Got questions about health care reform? Gethsemane Baptist Church of Lake Norman will host a Community Health Forum on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at 11am. This forum is designed to help educate the...
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Online insurance markets open Tues. under new rules
New online health insurance markets will open in North Carolina and nationwide on Tuesday, Oct. 1, as federal health care reforms begin to take effect. Under the law, most people for the first time...
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Did McCrory withhold info on Medicare to show problem?
Gov. Pat McCrory has argued for months that North Carolina’s Medicaid program is “broken.” But an investigation by reporter Rose Hoban of North Carolina Health News found that McCrory administration...
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