This Thursday, fight back with a vengeance against bumps, bruises and bacteria at a FREE safety event just for kids!
Join WakeMed’s Injury Prevention team and Safe Kids Wake County at 7 pm, just before a showing of Monsters vs. Aliens at Koka Booth’s Movies by Moonlight.
Kids will learn about safety through fun activities featuring water [...]

 Keep your child’s trip to school as safe as possible with these tips from www.safekids.org. 
Go Safely on Four Wheels 
• While waiting for the bus, stand back 5 giant steps from the street. 
• When the bus stops, line up in a single-file line. 
• Hold on to the handrails, and be careful that your clothes or other objects [...]

Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids.  In anticipation of back-to-school, we will share this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for [...]

 
Skin cancer can be very serious and it does not discriminate. Just last week former Pittsburg Steelers coach Bill Cowher lost his wife, Kaye, to skin cancer.  She was only 54 years old. 
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer, a disease which is most prevalent in people over age 30, regardless of race or [...]

ATVs, whether for recreation or an occupation, are part of daily life in North Carolina – Safe Kids Wake County recommends that children under the age of 16 should never ride on or operate ATVs of any size – including youth-sized ATVs.
Nationwide, approximately 130 children under the age of 16 die each year as a [...]

Did you know there is a significant link between smoking and bladder cancer?  Last night, WRAL-TV aired a story featuring Wake Specialty Physicians Urologist Sam Chawla discussing this link.
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On Wednesday, WRAL aired a story featuring WakeMed Emergency Department physician Eduardo Piqueras discussing the dangers of rabies.
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Have you ever wondered what kind of germs or bacteria are living on that elevator button, office microwave or restaurant table? 
Well, we have.  And we are pleased to announce that the WakeMed Pathology Department has agreed to grow and interpret samples taken from around our community.  But we want your help determining what to swab. 
Let [...]

Andrea Weigl, food writer at the News & Observer, wrote a STORY included in today’s paper about eating healthy for the same price (or cheaper) as going through the drive through at a fast food restaurant. 
In the sidebar, WakeMed Cardiac Rehab Dietitian Diana Koenning provided some additional tips for keeping family heathy and well fed on [...]

BackTalk, a support group for kids and teens with scoliosis and other spinal conditions, will welcome Miss North Carolina 2009 Katherine Southard to their meeting on Saturday. 
In 2005, Southard competed for Miss North Carolina for the first time while in a back brace.  The second time she competed was 2008, just six months after surgery to [...]