Karen Garloch

Dee Baldwin, director of the School of Nursing at UNC Charlotte, has been on the job for only 12 weeks.

A nurse at one of Charlotte's hospitals called me recently to complain about the pressure on health care workers to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu.

In 2007, Laurie Eustis and Adrienne Love started a Charlotte support group for people with Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormone than the body needs.

When prostate cancer survivor Rick Lyke wanted to reach more men with his message of cancer prevention, he turned to a subject he knew well.

Anda Cochran worked in the Mecklenburg County mental health system for years and thought she was well informed about health care.

Through her friend, Margaret Nunez, a hospital chaplain, Palmertree learned a mind-body technique that helped her relax and recover without nausea or other complications.

American medicine seems to be based on the notion that more tests mean better health care. But a 4-year-old federal project is finding success – including better outcomes and cost savings – with a different strategy.

'Advance-care planning' does not not mean planning euthanasia.

Earlier this month, when Gaston County reported its first confirmed case of swine flu, Health Director Colleen Bridger had an interesting comment.

Surgeon-author Atul Gawande explores the reason why McAllen, Texas – a small border town near El Paso – is one of the most expensive health-care markets in the country. At the same time, Rochester, Minn., home of the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, is one of the least expensive.