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To Care & to Cure Our State

WEBAdcock became a nurse practitioner, then chief health officer at SAS Institute, where she served 14,000 employees and their families. In 2007, realizing that …

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North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing Our State

WEBBy the time I was a student in the ’70s, there was a lot of excitement about the beginnings of rural health clinics — largely staffed by nurse practitioners, a new role …

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Native Healing in Pembroke Our State

WEBEach time Cherry Beasley walks into the Weinstein Health Sciences Building at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, she steps across a tiled image of a …

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Help & Healing Our State

WEBTo enable practitioners like her to deliver treatment on site, the correctional complex — where the sickest men in the federal correctional system are sent — …

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North Carolina’s Pioneers of Nursing Our State

WEBShe practiced nurse-midwifery in eastern North Carolina for several years and briefly directed the public health nursing certificate program at N.C. College at …

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The 1940s: The Miracle of Hickory Our State

WEBThe public health officials make an early, crucial decision: treatment will be color-blind. The next patient — white or black — gets the next bed. They procure iron …

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Gaia Farm in Brevard Our State

WEBGaia Farm in Brevard. Medicinal herbs are indigenous to western North Carolina; Gaia Herbs in Brevard takes a modern approach to ancient traditions. by Jodi …

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Gallery of Hope in Mission Hospital Our State

WEBCalling Me Home is among the 659 artworks that the hospital commissioned for its North Tower, which opened in 2019 to serve patients and families facing health …

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Health & High Altitude Our State

WEBHealth & High Altitude. Even while climbing mountains, a Jacksonville doctor always answers his phone. And his patients never outgrow him. Charles Martin is the …

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The Trees Will See You Now Our State

WEBThe Trees Will See You Now. In North Carolina, physicians have long known that nature is the best medicine. Now, a new trail hiking program named TRACK Trails …

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The Healing Powers of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel Our State

WEBConsider the old White Sulphur Springs Hotel, a grand, late-19th-century resort that once stood in Surry County that boasted of, among other things, a mineral …

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Many Still Flock to Crumpler's Healing Springs Our State

WEBThe cabins are a restoration project that Pression began last year, preserving the original 12 overflow cabins of the Healing Springs Hotel, as well as the …

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The Story of the Tobacco Industry in North Carolina Our State

WEBThe Story of the Tobacco Industry in North Carolina. Fifty years ago, the landmark surgeon general’s report on smoking and health shook the tobacco industry in …

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A Tobacco Town Transformed: Winston-Salem Our State

WEBR.J. Reynolds’s old tobacco campus is now a center for innovation. by Robin Sutton Anders. Just as the sun dips behind Winston-Salem’s skinny R.J. Reynolds …

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Town Milk Put Tarboro on the Map Our State

WEBOn February 12, 1918, Miller lobbied the town commission to open a municipal milk plant. That summer, the commission took the first step, passing a law that …

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A New Leaf at Sunset Market Gardens Our State

WEBSunset Market Gardens. 346 Woolen Store Road. Reidsville, NC 27320. (336) 362-1344. sunsetmarketgardens.com. This story was published on Jul 08, 2021.

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13 North Carolina Destinations for Accessible Travel Our State

WEBAn elevator and a short, accessible trail lead to the Mile-High Swinging Bridge. 431 Main Street. Chimney Rock, NC 28720. (828) 625-9611. …

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NC Towns Foster Friendships with Sister Cities Our State

WEBThere are currently 19 cities and towns, big and small, in North Carolina that have existing Sister City relationships, and two more are in the early stages of …

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The Science Behind the “Smoke” of the Great Smoky Mountains

WEBPrevailing winds carried sulfates and other pollutants into the Smokies, threatening the health of plants, animals, and people — and also impeding the views. …

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Our Native Grape: A Guide to North Carolina’s Muscadine Wineries

WEBFather and son opened the winery in 2001, and while business is thriving, Bob is also eager to share the health benefits of fresh-picked muscadines — which are, …

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A Herd of Survivors on the Outer Banks Our State

WEBMeg Puckett calls Corolla’s wild Colonial Spanish mustangs miracles: “The Outer Banks are. Travel. A Herd of Survivors on the Outer Banks. For five centuries, the …

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The Mystery of Blue Honey Our State

WEBThe amount of acidity, Ambrose believes, plays a role in creating blue honey. Ambrose concluded that some of that aluminum ended up in the flowers’ nectar, was …

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