Have you heard about Project Lazarus? It could save your or a loved one’s life. Established in 2008 in response to extremely high drug overdose death rates in Wilkes County, NC, Project Lazarus is now in a statewide partnership with Community Care of North Carolina. At one time, Wilkes County had the third highest drug […]

The American Diabetes Association is marking its 75th anniversary with their Alert Day campaign: “Take it. Share It. Step Out.” American Diabetes Association Alert Day, which is held every fourth Tuesday in March, is a “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing […]

A poisoning is when someone swallows, breathes, touches or gets splashed in the eye with a substance that can cause sickness or death. Many times the substances alone are not poisonous. An adult may take an aspirin to ease some pain, but when a two-year-old ingests a handful of pills thinking they’re candy, it can result in […]

Colon cancer affects men and women of all racial and ethnic groups, and is most often found in people 50 years or older. It is the third most common cancer in the United States, behind only lung and prostate cancers in men and lung and breast cancers in women. However, if everyone 50 years or […]

Two new drugs have recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Avycaz (ceftazidime-avibactam), is a new antibacterial drug product, to treat adults with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI), in combination with metronidazole, and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI), including kidney infections (pyelonephritis), who have limited or no alternative treatment options. Avycaz is a […]