Posts tagged public health

• A “Silent Epidemic:” Traumatic Brain Injury and Falls

  Pierce Egerton | June 29, 2010 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  In North Carolina, injury is the third-leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. In individuals between the ages of one and 44, injury causes more deaths than anything else. Traumatic...

• World Heart Day Holds Special Significance

  Pierce Egerton | September 29, 2011 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I just about missed that today, September 29, is World Heart Day. Of course it seems like everyday is World-this or National-that day. But cardiovascular health has a special significance to...

• A “Silent Epidemic”: Traumatic Brain Injury and Motor Vehicles

  Pierce Egerton | July 01, 2010 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  One might expect that motor vehicle accidents contribute to an overwhelming majority of traumatic brain injury (TBI) fatalities in North Carolina. Surprisingly (and sadly), even more TBI deaths are...