- Jim Lewis | April 15, 2012 8:18 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Where's baby? Look before you lock, a new public safety awareness campaign asks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that due to the unseasonably warm temperatures...
- Pierce Egerton | August 08, 2011 9:15 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
Most schools aren’t even in session yet and already there’s been a rash of reports of young athletes suffering from heat stroke with an alarming number of potentially heat-related...
- Pierce Egerton | May 29, 2011 11:00 AM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Miscellaneous
Operation Fan/Heat Relief, a summer fan distribution program that operates each year throughout North Carolina, is now under way. This summer marks the 25th anniversary of the program that...
- Lawrence Egerton | June 21, 2010 4:23 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Wrongful Death
Alison Matthews, 26, of Gastonia, North Carolina left her two young children, ages 2 and 4, in an unattended vehicle in the parking lot of a Target Department Store on June 20, 2010.
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- Jean Martin | December 04, 2009 10:30 AM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Caroline Monaghan was seen by her primary care physician, who determined that she possibly had blockage in her carotid arteries. Such a blockage, also known as stenosis, carries a great risk for a...
- Greg Jones | November 24, 2009 9:25 AM | Charlotte, NC
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun an expedited safety review of sibutramine based on a recent study showing that some patients have a higher rate of heart attacks, strokes and other...
- Pierce Egerton | July 11, 2009 12:15 PM | Greensboro, NC
Category:
Automobile Accidents
In the time it takes to run into the store and grab some milk, stand in line at the post office or go inside to pay for gas - in just 10 minutes - the temperature inside a car can rise 19 degrees....
- Jean Martin | June 18, 2009 2:50 PM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Women between the ages of 45 and 54 are twice as likely to suffer strokes as men of the same age. Women are also more likely than men to be physically or mentally impaired as a result of a stroke....
- Jean Martin | September 09, 2008 4:17 PM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
ClubNuva is an extreme marketing ploy, the likes of which I’ve never seen, being used by Schering Plough and Organon to promote the use of the NuvaRing vaginal ring contraceptive. In an attempt to...
- Jean Martin | June 27, 2008 5:17 PM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Zelnorm is a drug to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in women. On March 30, 2007 , the FDA ordered that manufacturer Novartis stop selling Zelnorm due to an increased risk of serious heart...