The Mecklenburg County Health Department has issued an alert warning people of possible exposure to the Hepatitis A virus at two restaurants earlier this month. The alert is related to a case of Hepatitis identified in an employee who works at both the Hooters in Concord and the Whiskey Warehouse in Charlotte. Continue Reading
Health dep’t reports possible hepatitis A at 2 restaurants
Posted on 19 February 2013.
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CVS reopens Minute Clinic in Davidson store
Posted on 15 February 2013.
DAVIDSON – CVS has reopened the Minute Clinic in its downtown Davidson store, offering treatment for minor illnesses and injuries and health screenings 7 days a week. Continue Reading
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Building a community of mind, body and spirit
Posted on 08 February 2013.
Lori Ives-Godwin runs Your Community Connector and founded the alternative expo Shift Charlotte, which is coming up March 1-2 in Cornelius.
By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net
Davidson resident Lori Ives-Godwin spent 25 years as a project manager in the corporate world until about five years ago, when she gave it up to start a new business focusing on alternative medicine and spirituality.
Now, she’s someone “who really believes there’s a different way to live on this planet,” she said this week.
Her web-based business, Your Community Connector, is a place for people who share that outlook to find “everything you ever wanted to know about mind-body-spirit events, services and goods found in the Charlotte area.”
Ms. Ives-Godwin also is the founder of Shift Charlotte, a regional annual expo devoted to “health, well-being and a more natural and empowered way of living.” It’s scheduled March 1 and 2 at The Palace, at Kenton Place in Cornelius. Continue Reading
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2 Lupus Foundation chapters in N.C. merge
Posted on 04 February 2013.
Lupus Foundation of America NC Chapter
CHARLOTTE – The Lupus Foundation of America, Piedmont Chapter and the Lupus Foundation of America, Winston-Triad Chapter today announced that they have joined forces and formed the Lupus Foundation of America, North Carolina Chapter. Continue Reading
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He maxed out, with 7 blood donations in 1 year
Posted on 11 January 2013.
Sam Spencer gave blood the maximum 7 times in 2012. (CBCC photo)
By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net
In September, Sam Spencer IV of Davidson found himself up against an unusual deadline – to make a blood donation. It turns out you can give blood every 56 days under federal health rules, and Mr. Spencer, 27, had set a goal of donating the maximum seven times during the year.
He had missed chances to give earlier in the month because he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Continue Reading
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Domestic abuse support group resumes meetings Wed.
Posted on 04 January 2013.
Safe Alliance, formerly United Family Services, says its domestic violence support group in the Lake Norman region will resume every-other-week meetings on Wednesday, Jan. 9. The meetings let women discuss common issues and concerns and build support networks as they cope with an abusive relationship. Continue Reading
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