Study: Weight Loss, Diabetes Drug Use Up 600%
A new study shows that prescriptions for weight loss have skyrocketed 600% in the last three years. The biggest jump was seen in young women and adolescent girls.
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A new study shows that prescriptions for weight loss have skyrocketed 600% in the last three years. The biggest jump was seen in young women and adolescent girls.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonaldβs for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
Novant Health nurse navigator Lisa Hamilton explains the process of aiding cancer patients through a potentially complicated health care system.
Public Health leaders are warning the community that short-term rentals of residential swimming pools are not allowed in Mecklenburg County.
South Carolina health officials are investigating a case of tuberculosis that has been confirmed at Chester High School.
Public Health leaders are seeing a worrisome trend, an increase in pertussis or whooping cough cases in Mecklenburg County.
In honor of Womenβs Health Week, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is celebrating the expansion of contraceptive services in independent and chain pharmacies across the state.
In this week's Healthy Headlines, Jacinda Jacobs talks with Dr. John Marcel of Novant Health about hammer toe.
Dr. Rodney Villanueva with Atrium Health explains how you can take care of your mental health.Β
On this weekβs Healthy Headlines,Β Dr. Larry Martin of Novant Health, joins Rising to discuss meniscus tears.
Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting βvampire facialβ procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles.
On this weekβs Healthy Headlines, Dr. Philip Lee of Novant Health, joins Rising to discuss atrial fibrillation.
Check your fridge! The U.S. Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service says ground beef products from Greater Omaha Packing Company tested positive for E. Coli.
A warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about dangerous counterfeit versions of Botox.
Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned dispensary this weekend on tribal land.
ellWithAll CEOΒ Demond Martin '97Β announced on Thursday, April 18, his companyβs investment of $100,000 to expand mental health resources for UNC Charlotte students. The announcement came as part of Martinβs visit to campus for a fireside chat on mental wellness, resilience and overall well-being.
Β Despite the vaccine and screening black women like Pettway are stillΒ almost one and half times more likely to die of cervical cancer than white women.
The recent surge in overdoses across Rowan County has been attributed to the lacing of Fentanyl in various illicit substances sounding an alarm for action to address this growing public health crisis.
Two Advocate Health hospitals have been recognized for their efforts in supporting Black maternal health byΒ U.S. News & World Report for Black Maternal Health Week 2024.
Tailored Plans are a new kind of NC Medicaid Managed Care health plan for approximately 210,000Β beneficiaries with a serious mental illness, emotional disturbance, a severe substance use disorder, in North Carolina.Β
The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called βforever chemicalsβ in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.
Over the past six months, 45 cases have been reported in 12 counties across North Carolina.
New enrollees disproportionately live in rural counties and are between the ages of 19 and 29.
Itβs basketballβs biggest month and colon cancer awareness month. That's why it's the perfect time for former Charlotte Hornet Jamal Mashburn (aka βMonster Mashβ) to want to score big off the courtβ¦ by driving those 45+ to screen for colon cancer.
Attorney General Josh Stein and local leaders speak in Charlotte as they address efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis in North Carolina.
