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Friday, April 17, 2026
- Fructose emerges as a key driver of metabolic disease
- 8 Ways Peanut Butter Boosts Your Overall Health - Madison Yauger
- Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots. - Beth Mole
- What Are Lone Star Ticks? - Jessica Migala
- Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests - Beth Mole
- Rising ACA costs leave many unable to pay for coverage
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- After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel - Beth Mole
- 5 Ways Kombucha Can Benefit Your Health, According to Science - Mikayla Morell
- Sleep deprivation disrupts gut microbiota, worsening colorectal cancer outcomes
- Palo Santo Uses, From Pain Relief to Relaxation - Sherri Gordon
- New Research Links Cooking to Lower Dementia Risk - Sarah Garone
- Butter vs. Ghee: Which Is Healthier? - Jillian Kubala, RD
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- What You Need To Know About Poliosis Circumscripta - Lindsay Curtis
- 7 Tips for Picking the Freshest Salmon at the Grocery Store Every Time - Jillian Kubala, RD
- 4 Morning Habits That Can Make Your Medication Less Effective, According to a Pharmacist - Emmanuella Ogbonna
- 10 Black Seed Oil Benefits and Uses Explained - Jennifer Larson
- Colon cancer deaths in younger adults rose mainly among those without degrees, study says
- Can Eating Cheese Really Help Stop Diarrhea? - Jillian Kubala, RD
Cold Water Immersion for Gout Flares
- GLP-1 in joint fluid may let weight-loss drugs target arthritis directly
- Severe male infertility tied to higher colorectal and thyroid cancer risk
- What Happens to Your Body When You Take Vitamin D and Omega-3 Together - Emmanuella Ogbonna
- Large trial shows bone healing 'superpower' in children
- How To Identify and Treat Flank Pain - Sarah Hudgens
- How Many Push-Ups Should You Be Able to Do? Here’s How You Compare by Age - Christa Sgobba
JD Vance SHOCK Weight Loss — What He REALLY Did
- 5 Ways To Help Your Child With Prader-Willi Syndrome Manage Their Weight - Heidi Cope
- Generations of healing: Pause to Give Life honors organ, eye, tissue donors - Corey.Keenan@ecuhealth.org
- Gut microbes reveal a surprising tie to cortisol spikes during acute stress
- As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find - Beth Mole
- High-precision human immune aging clock identifies RUNX1 as key target for T cell senescence
- Loneliness can affect your memory, but that doesn't mean it leads to dementia
- ECU Health awarded grants from The Duke Endowment to increase access to care - Jerry.Grimes@ecuhealth.org
- First-line targeted therapy shows antitumor activity in patients with advanced lung cancer
- CDC study shows COVID shot benefits; Trump official blocks release - Beth Mole
- Cough drops from several brands being recalled, FDA says
- How To Manage Abdominal Swelling From Various Causes - Cristina Mutchler
- Adding opioids or benzodiazepines to gabapentinoids boosts drug poisoning risk, analysis shows
- The 5 Best Pulse Oximeters of 2026, According to Lung Specialists - Lauren Paige Richeson
- What Happens to Your Blood Pressure When You Drink Beetroot Juice Regularly - Christina Manian, RDN
- Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago - Beth Mole
- Liver cancer roadmap links tumor hallmarks to treatment, including targetable mutations
- Music For Miracles Radiothon raises over $121,000 for children in eastern North Carolina - Jerry.Grimes@ecuhealth.org
- What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Beets Regularly - Selene Yeager
- Cheers to 45 years: A career of lifelong learning - Corey.Keenan@ecuhealth.org
- The subtle science behind safer brain implants
- ECU Health Medical Center Surgical Intensive Care Unit earns Beacon Award for Excellence – Silver - Jerry.Grimes@ecuhealth.org
- Fat cells steer flies away from pathogen-tainted food through a newly revealed neural circuit
- 7 Surprising Foods With More Omega-3s Than Salmon - Jillian Kubala, RD
- Pirates Vs. Cancer rallies against pediatric cancer for 10th year - Jerry.Grimes@ecuhealth.org
- "The last straw"—RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat - Beth Mole
- One-third with inflammatory bowel disease have moderate-to-severe disability, review finds
- 20 Top Plant-Based Protein Sources for Vegans and Vegetarians - Amanda MacMillan
- RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip - Beth Mole
- How To Access Weight Loss Drugs if You Can't Afford Them - Maggie O'Neill
- RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks - Beth Mole
- Double shifts disrupt normal cortisol patterns
- Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US - Beth Mole
- What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Whole Milk Regularly - Jillian Kubala, RD
- What Happens When You Eat Too Much Added Sugar? - Anthea Levi, RD
- 3 Common Misconceptions About Guinness ABV and Calories - Christine Mattheis
- 6 Healthy Drinks for Weight Loss That Aren’t Water - Jillian Kubala, RD