Health

Ester Marsh column: Exercising with asthma

With fall right around the corner, asthma sufferers see their asthma being triggered typically more often. That does ...

Columns

Chris Magryta, MD: Top ten reasons to breastfeed your infant

Novant Health Rowan Hospital is one step away from getting the national Baby Friendly Designation.  This honor is ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: Taking the time to relax

This year is flying by! I have been so busy that sometimes I don’t even remember what day ...

Health

What rivalry? Duke, UNC collaborate at North Carolina Research Campus

MURDOCK Study samples help UNC Nutrition Research Institute scientist with male fertility study By Emily Ford Duke Translational ...

Health

Woman with rare cancer: ‘It feels a lot like living with a time bomb inside’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Toward the end of 2011, a lesion appeared on one of Brandy ...

Business

New Medical Students arrive at Novant Health

The start of the school year may still be a few weeks away for most people, but one ...

Health

Food cravings to be topic of meeting

August 18, 2015 from 7:00-8:00 will be a presentation from Sarah Keller Boyd who is with Wholesome Nu ...

Health

NCRC lab to study effects of nutrition on infant brain development

KANNAPOLIS — A recently started study at the North Carolina Research Campus aims to examine how an infant’s ...

Health

Novant receives grant to purchase new technology

Novant Health has received a $250,000 grant to help purchase mammogram technology for its Rowan Medical Center. Novant ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: Ways to prevent plantar fasciitis

After the columns on stress fractures in the foot and shin splints, I had many requests to do ...

David Freeze

Brent and Norma still going strong in July

By David Freeze For the Salisbury Post While my bike ride was taking place, I took Brent and ...

Health

Red Cross encouraging blood donations; supplies low

The American Red Cross is facing a looming shortage of the blood types most needed by patients and ...

Health

Health Department Column: It’s World Breastfeeding Week

By Tenika Reddick and Bianca Munoz Rowan County Health Department This year’s theme for World Breastfeeding Week is, “Breastfeeding ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: How to avoid and treat shin splints

After great feedback on last week’s column on stress fractures in the foot, I figured I would continue ...

Business

Study: Rowan’s youth fell behind just after recession began in 2008

Rowan County’s youth suffered significantly following the 2008 recession, according to economic and education and health data released ...

Health

Community Care Clinic expanding dental services

By Susan Shinn For the Salisbury Post Each summer for the past four years, Curt Ladig has visited ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: Stress fractures in the foot

As promised, today’s column is about stress fractures in the foot. What are stress fractures? What causes them? ...

Health

All about public health

By Ashley Grier Rowan County Health Department What is public health? Public health connects us all. Public health ...

Health

July blood drives start Tuesday

John Leatherman will sponsor a blood drive at his State Farm Insurance office, 524 Jake Alexander Blvd. on ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: Trail running and/or walking

When it’s this hot, it is great to find trails and paths to go for your walks or ...

Health

Marsh column: Working on body image

Today, I want to talk about body image. My main goals, by the time that you are done reading ...

Health

Rowan County EMS earns award for heart attack treatment

Rowan County Emergency Services EMS Division has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award for ...

Health

Road to Recovery program has new coordinator

Katrin Moore has accepted the role of volunteer coordinator for the American Cancer Society’s Road To Recovery program ...

Health

Novant, other hospitals speak out against Senate’s budget proposal

Hospitals across North Carolina are criticizing three provisions in the State Senate’s budget proposal that they say could disrupt health ...

Business

Novant Health opens urgent care

By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Novant Health has opened an urgent care clinic on Jake Alexander Boulevard in the same ...

Health

Beat the heat in Rowan: hot temperatures sticking around awhile

By David Purtell david.purtell@salisburypost.com Temperatures will be very hot the rest of this week and into next week in ...

China Grove

No rain but plenty of sweat at China Grove 5K

By David Freeze For the Salisbury Post For the first time in recent memory, Rowan’s largest footrace went ...

Health

Ester Marsh column: Exercise to improve your quality of life

It really really matter what the study is — exercise always seems to be part of the regimen, or ...

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