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February 18, 2026

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Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening

October 26, 2025 Christina Larson

Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage […]

Article

US man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

March 9, 2022 Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday. David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the […]

Article

Millennial Money: Prepare for COVID medical bills this year

April 27, 2021 Amrita Jayakumar, NerdWallet

Testing and vaccination for the coronavirus is free thanks to laws passed last year. Treatment isn’t, however, and may be about to get more expensive. A new vaccine is in production, millions of doses are […]

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Merger of two health systems brings first medical school to Charlotte

October 14, 2020 Emily Roberson

CHARLOTTE/WINSTON-SALEM —  Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, including Wake Forest School of Medicine, announced last week their official merger into a single enterprise, Atrium Health. Both health systems are renowned for their clinical […]

Opinion

WILLIAMS: Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence

February 13, 2019 Walter E. Williams

Ten states and Washington, D.C., have legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Twenty-two other states, along with U.S. territories Puerto Rico and Guam, allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Let’s examine some hidden […]

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