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For this family nurse practitioner, patients are close to her heart

With a decade as a registered nurse under her belt, Wilmington native Chelsea Adcox finds her new role as a family nurse practitioner even more fulfilling.

July 11, 2025

Should you use nicotine patches to help with weight loss?

July 11, 2025

Should you use nicotine patches to help with weight loss?

July 11, 2025

A deadly bolt from nowhere. And the care that brought him back.

July 11, 2025

A deadly bolt from nowhere. And the care that brought him back.

July 2, 2025

ER doc's superpower: Earning trust on a child’s scariest day

July 2, 2025

ER doc's superpower: Earning trust on a child’s scariest day

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Weight & Nutrition

The dos and don'ts of juicing: A dietitian explains

Is there a right way and a wrong way to juice? A registered dietitian explains that the “healthy” habit may not deliver the benefits we expect.

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Quiz: Test the "strength" of your exercise IQ here

Countless doctors agree: If you could put exercise in pill form it would be the ultimate wonder-drug. And so: How much do you need? Which muscles should you focus on? How many daily steps increase your chances of living past 75? Take our quiz to find...

Cold & Flu

It’s RSV and flu season: Where should you seek medical attention?

Battling a cold, RSV, flu, covid or other virus? Urgent care and walk-in clinic are likely to be far faster. Here’s what you need to know.

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Holiday travel: 5 tips for taking off with prescription medications

Here's how to pack and travel with your prescriptions.

Cancer

Multiple myeloma survivor: ‘I’m a walking miracle.’

Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories exploring the survivorship journeys of Novant Health Cancer Institute patients. You'll find all the stories here. We celebrate our survivors and share their stories to showcase how surviving - and ...

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Trapped on hurricane-ravaged mountain with a breech baby due at any moment

It was Sept. 29 and Courtney Mosser, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, was 40 weeks pregnant, due for her C-section that very day. The baby was breech. She was nervous. And now she had no idea how she was going to get to the hospital in Asheville ...