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North Carolina’s screening rate for colon cancer is currently just above 68 percent. According to analysis by the National Colorectal Cancer Round Table, if North Carolina can reach 80 percent screening by 2018 (a national goal), 7,909 cases could be prevented and 5,796 lives could be saved by 2030 in our state alone. Early diagnosis is the key to surviving [...]
Kenny York and York’s Field Kenny York “Watch for airplanes” reads the sign driving up to Kenny York’s house in Ramseur. It’s good advice since the concrete drive bi-sects a 3000-foot grass airstrip his daddy, Lonnie York, built in 1950. “My daddy worked at a hosiery plant in Greensboro…paid pretty good in those days. Many days he’d ride his motorcycle [...]
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it’s important to keep mentally alert. If you don’t use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge how your memory compares to the last test. Some may think it is too easy but the ones with memory problems may [...]
Cone Health brings a new way of getting health care to the area through convenient InstaCare, located in Suite 206 at 3824 North Elm Street. The new medical office allows consumers to reserve their spot online, choose from a menu of medical conditions, walk into the clinic and pay with a credit card – all with transparent pricing. Appointments [...]
Elaine Bryant had always considered herself to be relatively healthy. As the leader of Seniors in Motion, a Winston-Salem-area line dance troupe made up of women ages 64-77, Bryant stayed active, dancing weekly and exercising occasionally at local recreation centers. But she also knew her high blood pressure, coupled with a family history of diabetes, heart attack and high cholesterol, [...]
I have been pondering the question of how one chooses a retirement community, so I started where, I am told, most folks start to look for a retirement community – the Google search engine. What I find interesting is that the search phrase “How to Choose a College” provided over 15.4 million results [...]
Seven historic sites in the Triad and the Triangle are among the 16 historic places the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. The listing of a property in the National Register places no obligation or restriction on a private owner using private resources to maintain the property. As of [...]
By Dr. J. Marvin McBride, MD Dr. McBride is a geriatrician with the Center for Aging and the Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the mid-1980s, when I entered practice, regular physical exams and screening tests were routinely recommended for most individuals. Young children were expected to see their doctor every few months for [...]
There’s something special about North Carolina waterfalls. Our bordering states… South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia… have some great falls, but none reach the pinnacle of North Carolina waterfalls. For one thing, we have so many. Our state has more waterfalls than any of the other border states. And they are so beautiful to view. If you get close enough [...]
