WakeMed In The News
2008-05-04
Ledger Enquirer
Mother shares her blessing
A maternity nurse laughed and told new mother Bonnie Goodson of Columbus her extra breast milk could be used to make pancakes. She passed on that. But Goodson did find a use for her breast...
2008-05-03
WNCN-17
Rehab Patients Helped By Four-Legged Therapist
A new canine staff member at WakeMeds Rehab Hospital is not only putting a smile on patients faces, hes also helping them return to independence.
2008-05-01
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Freestanding Emergency Centers: A Win-Win for Providers and Patients
Robert F. HillAnna SteelmanFreestanding (or stand-alone) emergency centers are showing great promise as an effective approach for enhancing access to services, advancing clinical quality, and improving patient satisfaction while building market share and increasing...
2008-05-01
WRAL
Doctors: Babies need tummy time
Raleigh, N.C. Doctors have campaigned for parents to place newborns to sleep on their back to prevent sudden-infant death syndrome. However, some babies' developmental problems have spurred a new campaign for more tummy...
2008-05-01
Raleigh News & Observer
Self-fed kids
By Joe Miller, Staff Writer The nutrition majors from UNC sounded as if they were conducting an anthropological study of a primitive culture.'One parent said her kid hadn't eaten a veggie in...
2008-05-01
Raleigh News & Observer
Tasty snacks and minimeals
By Joe Miller, Staff Writer Kids may be more apt to try something healthful if they have a hand in making it, but to keep them coming back it has to be tasty as...
2008-05-01
Raleigh News & Observer
Tips for avoiding food traps
Practices that can make a long-term difference, parents: Have a snack drawer or snack shelf with preassembled bags of healthful snacks. Keep a pitcher of cold water or water bottles in the fridge (provides an immediate, attractive alternative to soda).
2008-04-30
WNCN-TV
WakeMed Raleigh Growth Prompts Parking Changes
WakeMeds familiar visitor entrance closed on Monday to make way for construction of a new patient tower. Now, visitors are being re-routed through the hospitals Rehab hospital.
2008-04-29
WRAL
Cary Soccer Field Ranked Among Nation's Best
Cary, N.C. WakeMed Soccer Park has been rated the 10th-best soccer venue in the country.The Carolina Railhawks' home field got high marks for its field and its fans on the...
2008-04-23
WRAL
Nick Stevens: AEDs Need to be the Norm
If you haven't read the story about , you need to.Alex was hit in the chest with a lacrosse ball from about 10-feet out, causing his heart to stop - a condition called Commotio...
2008-04-22
WRAL
Clayton Couple Has High-Speed Baby Delivery
Knightdale, N.C. It almost sounds like a scene from a movie.A Honda Odyssey minivan is traveling 80 mph down the highway late in the night with an expectant mother about to give...
2008-04-22
WRAL
Gibbons Lacrosse Player's Life Saved by Defibrillator
Raleigh, N.C. Alex Beuris, a senior lacrosse player at Cardinal Gibbons, suffered a heart-stopping injury on Saturday morning, and if it weren't for the quick action and a machine called an Automated External Defibrillator, he might not be alive...
2008-04-22
Eastern Wake News
Couple shares unusual birthing story
Clayton A Clayton couple returned home from the hospital on Monday with a new family member and an unusual story about her birth. Dave Pond, of Hardaway Place in the Riverwood subdivision, said he and wife Heather were preparing to go to WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh last weekend when Heather s water.
2008-04-21
East Bay Business Journal
Group working on rewrite of North Carolina's health facilities plan
RALEIGH - A work group is meeting to restate the basic principles governing the most contentious health-care document produced by North Carolina, the State Medical Facilities Plan, which guides where medical facilities and services can...
2008-04-20
Individual.com
Sleep-working: Studies say we're often drowsy at work. Here's how professional night owls cope
(The News & Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Get on your feet. Get moving. Rock on! Serve those words with a pot of strong coffee: They are simple ways to stay alert at...
2008-04-14
Business Journal of Milwaukee
Cost of Medicaid changes in state pegged at $2.6B
RALEIGH - North Carolina stands to lose more than $2.6 billion in federal Medicaid payments over five years because of new rules scheduled to take effect this spring and summer that would kill several state...
2008-04-11
The Providence Journal
Hospitals waking up to idea that sleep is good
After decades of poking and prodding patients at all hours, hospitals are waking up to the notion that sick people need sleep. At least one Raleigh,...
2008-04-11
WRAL
WakeMed Staffed 24/7 for Heart Attacks
p.m. Raleigh, N.C. à ¢à  à  Time is critical when a heart attack happens: How quickly a patient calls 911 and how quickly he or she gets specialized medical care can make the difference between life and...