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Neurologist and Duke ALS Clinic Director Richard Bedlack “stitches strength” for his patients, showing the powers of hope.
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For residents of rural North Carolina, quality health care can seem nonexistent. Let alone affordable. Now, one of the only options for low-cost, low-barrier medical care is under threat: community health centers.
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TikTok offers a window into patient experience for physician researchers. But they caution patients to be skeptical of 'Dr. TikTok'
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NC biotech company Humacyte will receive an FDA decision this week that will determine whether their engineered tissue product can be made available for widespread use.
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A bill called the PLASMA Act would require manufacturers to pay more of the cost for patients covered by the Medicare drug program.
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center published the study showing a blood test can predict which patients will develop knee osteoarthritis up to eight years before it would show up on an X-ray.
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Fayetteville Firefighters will have access to certain medication to expand its lifesaving services, including Tylenol.
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The broad-acting snakebite treatment is in clinical trials at Duke University and around the world.
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Multiple medications are available across NC for patients with severe COVID-19 infection. But whether they are being used or just sitting on the shelves can be hard to pin down.
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Oxytocin is a naturally-occurring neurotransmitter involved in childbirth and is commonly given to induce labor.