Several weeks ago, we posted a letter to the editor written by Dr. Keith Mankin of Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic about scoliosis and back braces.  Scoliosis was back in the news yesterday with an article about how yoga could possibly help the disorder.  Dr. Mankin provided the following comments on the article.
As a specialist in pediatric [...]

Don’t Have a Christmas Coronary

According to data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics, more people have heart attacks around the holidays than any other time of the year.  The reasons for this doctors postulate are many including holiday stress, loneliness, skipped doctor’s appointments, lack of exercise, poor diet and especially binge drinking, which [...]

Dr. Melissa Johnson has worked at WakeMed as a pediatric psychologist and coordinator of the Developmental Team of the Pediatric/Neonatology Teaching Service for 23 years. In this position, she provides clinical services to the children and families in the neonatal, pediatric, and outpatient follow-up clinic.  
This week the New York Times included a lengthy article about how [...]

A few weeks ago, a group of physicians from WakeMed and other Triangle hospitals traveled to Washington to talk with North Carolina’s Congressional delegation about several aspects of health care reform, including the need to address medical malpractice issues.
Their visit coincided with a report from the Congressional Budget Office indicating that malpractice reform could have [...]

Dr. Courtney Mann, medical director of the WakeMed Children’s Emergency Department, provides prospective on how she made the decision to vaccinate herself and her two children for H1N1.
The H1N1 vaccine is slowly starting to be available in our community. As a health care provider and a parent, I am often asked by friends and neighbors [...]