The cold winter months can wreak havoc on our skin, leaving it dry and itchy. Here to help us combat dry winter skin and debunk some common myths is Dr. Emily McLean with Novant Health Dermatology SouthPark.
The number of vaping related deaths continue to climb across the country. The Center for Disease Control announced Thursday that 52 people have been killed by vaping in 26 states. Clair Campbell with Campbell and Associates joined Rising to discuss the health risks and lawsuits associated with vaping.
The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has begun to spread more broadly, and there’s a decent chance flu season could peak much earlier than normal, health officials say.
Without a doubt, the holiday season is filled with temptations – tasty food, parties and other distractions that can derail your fitness goals. But, it doesn’t have to be a lost cause. Here to offer some tips on how you can stay fit during the holidays is Dr. Eric Warren, medical director of Novant Health Sports Medicine.
Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t — repeat don’t — wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day.
The USDA says Missa Bay of Swedesboro, New Jersey, is recalling over 75,000 pounds of salad products that contain meat or poultry because the lettuce may be contaminated with E. coli. The salads were sold at Target, Aldi, Walmart and other stores.
Animal Care and Enforcement has confirmed Gaston County's 15th case of rabies after a dead skunk tested positive for the disease earlier this week.
This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and here to help us to better understand antibiotics and why it is vital to use them correctly is Novant Health family physician Dr. Genevieve Brauning.
Dr. Tony shares three tip to avoid getting sick while traveling.
Two additional North Carolina health care providers are joining five other state health systems and an insurer in a deal designed to help lower medical costs.
Today is World Diabetes Day, which hopes to raise awareness of the impact of diabetes. It is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. More than 30 million American adults have diabetes, which is the leading cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations and blindness.
Juul Labs said Thursday it will halt sales of its best-selling, mint-flavored electronic cigarettes as it struggles to survive a nationwide backlash against vaping.
A NO SWIMMING advisory was lifted today for a cove on Lake Norman.
Millennials - that’s people ages 18 to 34 - do not visit doctors the way other age groups typically do. Here today to discuss this is Dr. Mishal Patel, a Novant Health family practitioner.
The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who have had it so far, but it’s too soon to know if it will improve survival, doctors reported Wednesday.
U.S. health officials disclosed another food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, but they said it appears to be over.
JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, invites the Charlotte community to join in celebrating National Diabetes Awareness Month (NDAM) this November by raising awareness of the urgent need to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.
Dr. Tony joins Laresa in the Rising kitchen to talk about that sugar fix that kids and adults both indulge in on Halloween.
