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Tag: Wake Forest School of Medicine

Shows a man in a black t shirt and a headband speaking at a podium with a state seal on it. He's advocating for the passage of a medical marijuana bill.
Posted inChronic Disease

Advocates for medical marijuana thought this was going to be the year

by Mona Dougani July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

By Mona Dougani Chris Suttle planned his funeral five years ago.  The commercial insurance consultant was diagnosed with a frontal lobe brain mass in 2017. Doctors left him with two choices: undergo a full craniotomy and biopsy the mass to see if it was aggressive or simply wait out his fate.  Instead, the Chapel Hill […]

a screenshot of a panel discussion hosted by the american cancer socety
Posted inMedicaid

Cancer health care workers in NC discuss the best way to achieve equity in care – and the answer could lie in Raleigh

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 16, 2021November 15, 2021
A man wearing a black shirt holds a glass jar filled with hemp flower. Behind him is a black sign with white and green letters reading "Cannabliss Dispensary
Posted inPrescription Drugs

Medical marijuana, CBD, Delta-8 – What’s the difference?

by Mona Dougani September 13, 2021September 16, 2021
A woman holds a tiny card with a brush, demonstrating a colorectal cancer screening that can be done at home.
Posted inGender health

NC ‘hotspot’ for colorectal cancer in Black men. Have you been screened?

by Elizabeth Thompson September 7, 2021August 31, 2022
semi white crystal methamphetamine on a black background, both shattered pieces and full crystals
Posted inSubstance Use

Communities struggle with meth outside spotlight of opioid crisis

by Carolina Public Press July 17, 2021July 16, 2021
A hospital building in Charlotte which says Atrium.
Posted inHospitals

Atrium combines with Wake Forest Baptist and its medical school

by Liora Engel-Smith October 12, 2020October 13, 2020

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