Welcome to North Carolina Health News. We’re an online only news website dedicated to health reporting in North Carolina. If you look around you’ll see that things are a little rough right now… we’re still getting ourselves up and running. But we’re excited to be here and to be providing you with high quality health […]
Posted inNC Health Briefs, Public Health
Obesity Prevalence In U.S. Remains Unchanged
By Rose Hoban Two new studies show that the percentage of obese adults, adolescents and children in the U.S. hasn’t budged from 2007 to 2010. Data from the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show more than one-third of U.S. adults and almost 17% of people aged 2 – 19 were obese […]
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Smokers Who Want To Quit Can Get Free Nicotine Replacement – For Now
North Carolina smokers who want to kick the habit will have access to nicotine patches, gum and lozenges thanks to a fund that’s being discontinued. Close to a million dollars left over from the Health and Wellness Trust Fund will be used to provide smokers who call the NC Quitline with nicotine replacement therapy – […]
Posted inCost of Care, Featured, Medicaid, Public Health, State Health Policy
North Carolina Medicaid Program Saved Close To A Billion
Community Care of North Carolina, the state Medicaid program that assigns patients to a ‘medical home’, has saved the state close to a billion dollars over a four year period, according to analysts who examined four years of state Medicaid cost data. About 1.3 million people in North Carolina are enrolled in Medicaid, the state […]
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DHHS Secretary Cansler Resigns
Reporter’s Notebook: Secretary of Health and Human Services Lanier Cansler will be leaving his post in February. Cansler has been in his post since January, 2009, and presided over three years of cuts to health and human services, most notably Medicaid. In many ways, Cansler has had one of the most thankless jobs in state […]
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How budget cuts are affecting UNC Health Sciences Library
Walk into the Health Sciences Library at UNC Chapel Hill and you can’t help but miss this display in the window of the main entrance: Window display in the Health Services Library at UNC Chapel Hill In case you can’t read it in the photo, the text says: The HSL budget was CUT by 12.7% […]