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Every single year, Wilson Medical Center cares for more than 46,000 patients who rely on our hospital emergency room to step in and offer rapid stabilization and compassionate treatment. To put that into perspective, 46,000 is nearly equal to the entire population of the city of Wilson. The sheer volume of emergency room visits we…

Beloved actor and activist Danny Glover is opening up publicly about living with Alzheimer’s disease at age 79, sharing that the diagnosis has brought both difficult moments and flashes of clarity. In a recent interview with People, Glover described the emotional challenge of recognizing changes in his memory. “I’m still not accepting in my mind…

More than one-third of the global population has metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, a condition in which fat accumulates in the liver. MASLD can progress to more severe diseases like metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Treatment options are limited and focus on weight loss through lifestyle changes and the use of…