When a heart beats out of sync, it can be an anomaly or hint at bigger issues. Little did David Keith know, his irregular heart beat was a whisper of what was to come. In December 2020, after hearing an irregular heart beat with his stethoscope, David’s primary care physician determined that he had atrial […]
Audrey Rhee, MD, FACS, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatric urologist. After finishing medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, and completing her residency at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA, Dr. Rhee narrowed her field of focus to pediatrics and went on to practice at Riley Children’s Hospital and Cleveland […]
Matthew Lyons, MD, FACS, is a WakeMed urologist who specializes in minimally invasive and advanced robotic surgical techniques for the treatment of genitourinary cancers, benign prostate enlargement and urinary stone disease. He is an active participant in the Wake County Genitourinary (GU) oncology tumor board, offering a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment in collaboration […]
Kidney stone prevalence, since my initial 2018 article, has exponentially increased following the COVID-19 pandemic. This is mostly linked to weight gain, slow metabolism and dietary changes, which are associated with stone development. Moreover, use of certain supplements in excessive amounts, including Vitamin D and Vitamin C, are noted to exacerbate the risk in patients […]
In 1999, at age 38, Sherwood Southerland received a shocking diagnosis. He had colorectal (colon) cancer. Sherwood received genetic testing and underwent surgery and chemotherapy. He was later declared cancer-free. The years passed, and he received another blow. In 2018, Sherwood’s mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. At this point, doctors saw a concerning pattern […]
Born April 11, 1929, in Dover, NC, John Melvin Humphrey relocated to Raleigh, NC on February 25, 1948 to pursue a career in health care at what is now known as Dorothea Dix Hospital. He rose through the ranks and retired as the Director of Occupational Health 30 years later. Melvin met his wife, Louise, […]
WakeMed clinical nurse, Amanda Page, cares for patients in the WakeMed Raleigh Campus, surgical operating room. She’s seen her fair share of challenging cases and has been instrumental in the recovery of untold numbers of patients who have come through the doors. Kind, compassionate and precise: she’s excellent at what she does because she’s had […]
Most people have heard about or experienced a UTI. But what exactly are they, what causes them, and why are they a concern? UTI stands for Urinary Tract Infection. Basically, they occur when bacteria enter the body and get into the urinary tract, which includes the urethra (where urine exits the body), the connecting ureters, […]
If your family is losing sleep over wet sheets, and you are exhausted by it all, you’re not alone. And you don’t need to figure it all out by yourself! Millions of children wet the bed, and the reason why isn’t always a simple answer because it could be happening for more than one reason. […]
Your body has survived a lot during the pandemic: stress, uncertainty at work and at home, and, for some of us, even COVID-19. So many things about living through a pandemic — isolation from friends and extended family, fewer places to go, fewer ways to get in the workout, more comfort eating — can take […]
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