Some people have questions about whether swine flu vaccine is being distributed fairly.

How near are we to a cure for multiple sclerosis?

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.

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Karen Garloch
Karen Garloch writes on Health for The Charlotte Observer. Her column appears each Monday.