N.C. Public Interest Research Group recently released its annual 25th annual Trouble in Toyland  survey of unsafe toys.
Before heading out for holiday shopping, please take time to review the report and the group’s tips for toy safety.   
PIRG also has a new app for smart phones so you can have access to recalled toys and [...]

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order to withdraw Darvon, Darvocet and generic versions of the drug propoxyphene due to risk of cardiac toxicity. 
The FDA has concluded that the safety risks of propoxyphene outweigh its benefits for pain relief at recommended doses.
Click here to read a press release from the FDA on [...]

WakeMed has received recertification from The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center, and WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Cary Hospital, North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex remain the only certified Primary Stroke Center in Wake County.
Being a Primary Stroke Center is important because North Carolina is part of the nation’s “Stroke Belt” where death rates from stroke [...]

WakeMed Raleigh Campus and Cary Hospital are the first hospitals in North Carolina to receive full Heart Failure Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
To achieve SCPC Heart Failure Accreditation, WakeMed met or exceeded ten criteria, including quality measures that improve the process of care for heart failure patients, integration with emergency medical services, [...]

As most parents know, minor head trauma is incredibly common in children.  Most active kids will at some point will either hit their head from a fall, run into an immovable object with their head, be struck in their head with some other object, fall off a bike or down the stairs, fall out of [...]

I am often asked by parents whether children should be taken to the closest emergency department or possibly take a little more time in the car and come directly to the Children’s Emergency Department on WakeMed Raleigh Campus.  I expect as we open more freestanding emergency departments like North Healthplex and Apex Healthplex, that this [...]

Sesame Street is making a real impact these days with viral videos and PSAs that communicate simple, but very important messages to young and old alike. Remember last year when Elmo taught us how to stay healthy by sneezing into our elbow?
Now, Grover and Rosita star in a PSA teaching us all about the importance [...]

It’s that time of year again when our clocks tell us one thing and our bodies tells us another.  Yes, the end of daylight savings time is Saturday, November 7. 
For young children who are early birds, avoid crankiness by helping them adjust their sleep schedules to the change gradually.  Try to move bed and nap [...]

The weather is getting colder and for many this means an excuse not to exercise. But the weather in your living room or at the gym is always ideal for a no-excuses workout. 
You may also have access to fitness tools you didn’t even know you had.  Here are just a few suggestions to help keep [...]

Did you know that school lunches were started as a hunger relief and feeding program for kids?  Did you also know that North Carolina is one of the few states that do not provide any money for childhood nutrition or that the school lunch program is also tied to a commodity program for farmers? 
Changing the [...]