Sunday, October 8, 2017
Beads of Courage
To some, it might not mean much -- a red bead here, a white bead there or even a black bead. But to critically ill children, the beads are everything. They represent each step through their journey with their illness....Published: Oct 8, 2017 5:14 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: A look at the numbers
Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death in Wayne County, with rates that nearly double the statewide average. From 2009 to 2013, 398 people died from lung cancer in Wayne County. During the same five-year period,...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: Tobacco and cancer
Tobacco-related cancers remain a problem as tobacco consumption holds its grip on about 20 to 30 percent of the population. Dr. Jim Atkins at the Southeastern Medical Oncology Center said the center sees about 70 to 80 new lung cancer...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: Rallying around the need
Southeastern Cancer Care's Cures for the Colors and the Bill Outlaw Foundation are nonprofit organizations that can help cancer victims weather financial difficulties.. "Cures for the colors was started when it became apparent that our patients needed assistance with basic...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: Coping with the loss
When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the lives of those charged with caring for them take on a laser-focused quality. Caregivers serve as nurses, cooks, chauffeurs, therapists, confidants and more, their day-to-day existence warping around the disease nearly...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: From the Doctor ---- An ounce of prevention
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, we heard our grandmothers say that many times.It is true in cancer as well. The good thing is that there are steps you can take to help prevent cancer. ...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: Finding the strength
At 46, Eli Hudson seemed to be the definition of a healthy man, yet he began feeling like he had no energy. After doing blood work, his doctor said he was anemic. That was December 2016. "I was so mildly...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: From the doctor ---- Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is the cancer of the cervix, which is the lower, narrow end of the uterus. The cervix connects the vagina to the upper part of the uterus. The uterus is where a baby grows when a woman is...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: A long battle
Amy Woodard knew something wasn't right. She just needed a doctor to listen. She had endometriosis, so the symptoms weren't totally out of line. But the heavy bleeding in-between periods and the sharp abdominal pains concerned her. Her physician at...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: The value of imaging
Two imaging tests are now offering doctors and patients some of the latest technology in identifying the early stages of cancer. Wayne UNC Health Care and Wayne Radiologists added 3-D digital mammography testing equipment a year ago, and the hospital...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer edition 2017: Becoming the patient
For 13 years, Phyllis Smith has been one of the warm, smiling faces greeting patients at Wayne Radiation Oncology. Despite witnessing all the cancers and conditions that brought people through those doors, nothing prepared her to be on the receiving...Published: Oct 8, 2017 4:03 PM Full Story
Cancer editon 2017: From the Doctor --- Counter your odds of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and the first most common in the United States. There are expected to be around 161,000 new prostate cancer diagnoses and approximately 26,7000 prostate cancer deaths in 2017 in...Published: Oct 8, 2017 3:18 PM Full Story
All's not-so-'fair' in competition
When George Crumpacker saw his competition at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair's Ugly Truck Competition Saturday, he knew he'd won. Granted, there was only one other entrant, but that wasn't really the point. Crumpacker's truck, a thoroughly beat-up 1974...Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story
'Eggs'perience teaches at fair's science competition
Typically, before an egg can fly, it has to turn into a chicken. That was not the case Friday evening, as teams from five Wayne County high schools competed in a science competition at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair. Each...Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story
Paws N Pumpkins event is scheduled for Oct. 14
The third annual Furever Paws dog adoption event and fundraiser will take place Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Waynesborough Park. There will also be face painting and nail grooming. Animal experts will give information on dog...Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story
Hurricane Matthew: One year later ---- Finding a new home
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Teresa Kilpatrick and her mother, Jewel, will move into their new home one year after Hurricane Matthew's historic flooding forced them to flee their old home. "The home has been placed on her farm and hopefully...Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story
Chief Deputy Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality official meets with recovery team in county
Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality John Nicholson visited Goldsboro Saturday, speaking with disaster recovery leaders and helping with rebuilding efforts a year after Hurricane Matthew struck the area. Nicholson met with Chip McGuirt, N.C....Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story
End of the line
In driver's education, students are typically encouraged not to intentionally collide with other moving vehicles. At Saturday's Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair Demolition Derby, that lesson went right out the empty window, as dozens of drivers met to duke it...Published: Oct 8, 2017 1:45 AM Full Story