Can a haircut make you healthier? Here’s how this Cumberland County program plans to try.
The time-honored tradition of chatting away in a hair stylist’s chair is often seen as therapeutic, but Cumberland County health officials have launched a program aimed at making that tradition potentially lifesaving, too. Carlotta Winston is a public health educator who oversees the Cumberland County Dept. of Public Health’s “Healthy Conversations” project, which was introduced to…
High Point University closer to welcoming students to only private dental school in state
As Tropical Storm Ophelia showered the North Carolina Piedmont with a windy drizzle Saturday, dozens of people at High Point University gathered inside the Congdon Hall auditorium for an unusual ceremony. After several years of planning, campus leaders and guests were ready to break ground for the Workman School of Dental Medicine. The weather wasn’t cooperating, so they headed…
