Dr. Craig White

Dr. Craig White of Davidson Family Medicine has reeled in a couple of local and national honors this summer in polls of his fellow docs. In July he landed on Charlotte Magazine’s Top Doctors List. And he’s also in the 2013 Best Doctors in America. Read the full story

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A big merger between two publicly-traded hospital companies will mean a change of ownership next year for Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, and Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville. Read the full story

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The Town of Davidson and Davidson College will host a major conference this month on the still-new practice of incorporating health-impact assessments into town planning. The first-ever Southeast Regional Health Impact Assessment Summit July 31-Aug. 2 at Davidson College will bring 50 planners, health experts, researchers and other professionals to town. Read the full story

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By MICHAEL TOMSIC
WFAE

Cancer drug makers should do a much better job explaining how their new products will impact patients’ symptoms and quality of life. That’s the message from a UNC doctor in a recent online piece in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Ethan Basch of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center says whenever he meets with patients, one of their first questions is about how a certain drug will make them feel. Read the full story

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