March 3 – 4 is National Day of Unplugging (NDU) – a day where people are encouraged to take a day off from using digital devices and, instead, enjoy the very moments that we spend our time tweeting and instagramming about. At a time when we are inundated with technology, NDU gives us an opportunity to enjoy […]
Burn calories and elevate your heart rate in a number of creative ways. Here are some ideas to help get you moving out of your chair and towards a healthier heart! Be More Active. Here are 22 Ways How #1 – Mow the lawn. Depending on how much you have to mow as well as […]
It is true a diagnosis of poison ivy is much more common in the summer, primarily because people spend more time outdoors when the weather is warm than they do in the winter when it is cold and blustery. But, our weather this winter has been unseasonably warm and more people are spending time outside, […]
Influenza and other viral illness are currently widespread in the community; and when sick people visit our patients, they put both our staff and our patients at risk for infection. Help Keep Our Patients Safe: Sick Visitors Should Not Visit While WakeMed has not implemented widespread visitor restrictions this year, we strongly urge all patients, […]
Spring-like weather must mean flu season is over, right? According to diagnoses in our urgent care practices, flu season is most definitely not over. In fact, we are just starting to see many patients be diagnosed with the flu, specifically influenza A. So, if you wake up in the morning feeling fine and feel like […]
Walk your way to a healthier heart. All you have to do is take that first step. As one of the few, low-impact activities around, walking is easy to start and is fairly low risk for injury. Besides this, walking has also been proven to be effective at reducing your risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, […]
Do happier people have healthier hearts? While we often think of happiness as being the result of something, it can also have a causal effect. 3 Ways that Happiness is Healthier for You #1 – Happier people have fewer heart attacks. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center studied the link between emotions and heart disease and […]
The New York Times recently developed an interactive tool to help us see how hard it is to stay under the recommended max of 50 grams of sugar per day. This tool accompanied an Op-Ed written by an New York Times reporter who had successfully eliminated sugar from his diet for an entire month. For […]
On this Martin Luther King Day of Service, we would like to acknowledge the hard work, care and caring provided by our 1,500 volunteers. Every year, volunteers dedicate more than 125,000 hours of service to our organization and the community we serve. Some of the roles volunteers fill at WakeMed include: Leading our Hospital Board […]
This past October, WakeMed changed our primary blood product vendor from The Red Cross to The Blood Connection. This change was made to improve efficiency and supply, while saving money on this valuable resource for our patients. About The Blood Connection Headquartered near Greenville, S.C., The Blood Connection is the largest independently managed, non-profit community […]
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