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Tag: blood pressure

We see a green field lined with trees, and a plot in the middle with cardboard lying atop it.
Posted inPrison Health

Fabian Tinsley is buried somewhere in this field. His family doesn’t know where.

by Correspondent February 16, 2021March 30, 2022

By Chloe Arrojado, Liz Howard, and Maya Jarrell If Fabian Tinsley’s family wanted to visit his body, they’d have trouble locating it without a metal detector. It took the family nearly six months after Tinsley’s death to learn where their loved one had been buried, without their knowledge, in an unmarked grave by prison officials […]

Mediterranean food design (!) and cooking by TRG, shows a fish being braised in a pan with red and yellow peppers
Posted inNutrition

UNC’s southern twist on Mediterranean diet keeps diners on track, earns $3.8M grant

by Thomas Goldsmith July 19, 2019July 19, 2019
picture of a blood pressure cuff
Posted inChronic Disease, Featured, Research News

N.C. Researchers Re-examine Blood Pressure, Stroke and Cholesterol Advice

by Editor April 16, 2014April 16, 2014
Dr. Sarah Mayer from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center takes Tracey Johnson's blood pressure at the General Assembly building. Johnson, from Washington County, was in Raleigh to lobby for the day. Photo: Rose Hoban
Posted inChronic Disease, NC Health Briefs, Uncategorized

House Leaders Announce Effort to Get Heart-Healthy

by Rose Hoban May 23, 2013October 19, 2021
Senior Games
Posted inConsumer News

Thousands of Athletes Compete in Senior Games

by Rose Hoban October 1, 2012October 19, 2021

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