The deadline for Capital Area Soccer League recreational play registration is Thursday, June 7th. Teams are available for kids beginning at age five, but parents often have questions about when and how to engage their children in organized sports. The most recent Families First included a story on just this topic. How young is too […]
WakeMed Cary Hospital is pleased to announce it is now home to a breastfeeding support group. The support group will meet weekly beginning Monday, February 12 and will be led by our certified lactation consultants who can answer questions and facilitate an open forum where moms can discuss common challenges with breastfeeding. This support group […]
The NC Division of Health Service Regulation recently awarded 14 inpatient beds to WakeMed Rehabilitation Hospital after a competitive Certificate of Need (CON) process. Our rehab hospital – the only inpatient rehab hospital in Wake County – will grow from 84 beds to 98 once the beds are operational by the end of the year. […]
The News & Observer recently reported that norovirus is on the rise in North Carolina, including in Wake and Orange counties. Highly contagious, this virus can infect someone who ingests only 10 particles of virus. That is smaller than the head of a pin. For example, it usually takes about 100,000 colonies of a bacteria […]
The following is republished from the Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) blog and is a story about a young woman learning to be healthy by exercising and eating right through WakeMed’s Energize! program. Her exciting results and new outlook on life are detailed below. Thank you AHA for allowing us to share this inspirational […]
Earlier this week we announced that the family of Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe generously gifted the historic Longview House, or Poe House as it is often referred to, and two acres of land upon which it sits to the WakeMed Foundation. The Longview House is very close to many people’s hearts both as a […]
January, February and March mark the peak of respiratory and flu season. As a result, physician offices, emergency departments and hospitals are busier than other times of the year. Unfortunately, this also means that it can be very difficult to get an appointment with your physician and can result in extended emergency department wait times. As […]
Tennis players of all ages are invited to participate in the third annual Winter Chill Tennis Challenge being held on Saturday, January 28, 2012. Sponsored by Raleigh Racquet Club Indoor Tennis Facility, the event will benefit the WakeMed Children’s Hospital and will feature round robin doubles, quick start tennis, entertainment, contests, prizes and dinner. $40 per […]
You took care to ensure your child was only given age appropriate, safe toys for the holidays. But, it is imperative to remain vigilant in protecting your children because dangers children lurk in the most unlikely places. For example, batteries in common items like remote controls, calculators, watches, car key fobs, flameless tea lights and […]
The Washington Post recently published an article that provides suggestions on how to use technology to get or stay healthier in 2012. Some solutions are as simple as a Smartphone app and some are as complicated as genomic analysis. Either way, it is an interesting read and may offer some easy ideas to help 2012 be […]
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