If you’ve recently had a kidney transplant and are on anti-rejection medications such as CellCept, Rapamune, Myfortic, Sandimmune, or Neoral then this is article is a must-read. These types of medications have been linked to serious viral infections, according to MSNBC. The drug company Roche produces CellCept. This company is embroiled in major controversy due…
Late Wednesday evening Sterling Loven was headed down Old N.C. 105 with his two daughters, age 13 and 7, when his car plunged more then 200 ft down the side of the Linville Gorge. Sterling Loven’s car went 100 ft down the embankment before rolling several times, falling another 150 ft, hitting a tree and…
My colleague, Richard Sharpiro recently wrote of a medical mistake that may have caused hundreds of people to become infected with blood borne illnesses. Read about the machine malfunction in New Hanover County that may have caused this medical error.
Seven men from Lenoir County were hospitalized after they had all eaten from the same watermelon at a local farm. Although incident is still under investigation, it appears that all seven men were poisoned by pesticides from the same farm in Lenoir County where they became severely ill after ingesting the fruit. Lenoir County Health…
Greenville was the scene of a two car crash Wednesday morning as a minivan flipped on Memorial Avenue with two children among the 5 injured. Although traffic is now flowing again, the two car collision caused the minivan to land on its top. Memorial Drive traffic was stopped for a little while in Greenville, North…