by Anthony Brown | Apr 8, 2015 | Health
CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University recently joined 19 North Carolina universities, colleges, organizations and health agencies in the creation of a new statewide alliance designed to increase minority representation in the health professions. Called the...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 8, 2015 | Health
“Welcome to our jungle” was the repeated theme recently heard by third and fifth grade students at Cherokee Elementary School. As the students entered the green room, they quickly realized things were quite different. The room had been transformed into a...
by Anthony Brown | Apr 6, 2015 | Health
CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing and its Nursing Network-Careers in Technology Mentoring Program will host their second annual nursing diversity conference in Asheville on Friday, April 24. The conference, “Supporting Academic...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 24, 2015 | Health
By SUSAN BOGARDUS, Ph.D., RDN, LDN Why is water considered the most essential nutrient? Water functions in all your body’s systems. During digestion, water participates in the breakdown of food and transport of nutrients into the body. After absorption,...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 20, 2015 | Health
By DEBORAH LOWERY EBCI WIC PROGRAM I remember growing up and my mom saying: “Clean your plate, there are starving children in China.” I never understood that statement and why she wouldn’t send the rest of my food on over there. Well times...
by Anthony Brown | Mar 11, 2015 | Health
By JEAN WALBORN CHEROKEE DIABETES PROGRAM Unlike calcium, vitamin D, iron and fiber, which often are consumed in inadequate amounts, sodium is commonly over-consumed. Nine out of 10 Americans eat too much sodium. Don’t think that sodium is bad. It...
