Karen Garloch
Bradenton Herald
Charlotte, NC, United States
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NAACP says race a factor in shoplifting assault at beauty supply store
As police investigate a robbery at Missha Beauty supply store, the Asian store manager is under fire for attacking and choking an African American woman he accused of shoplifting. Employees say race was not a factor, but the NAACP differs, saying police should arrest the manager for assault. → Read More
Doctors are refusing to operate on smokers. Here’s why the trend will grow.
Surgeons are increasingly advising patients to stop smoking, lose weight or take other measures to improve their health – and reduce the risk of complications – before undergoing elective spine or joint replacement surgery. → Read More
'I want to be a girl all the time': Mom's story of child's choice now helps others
During the long debate over transgender rights and House Bill 2, many supporters of the law suggested that being transgender is a choice . But Ashley Nurkin, the Charlotte mother of an 8-year-old transgender girl, begs to differ. → Read More
Get health insurance at work? Here’s how ACA repeal could affect you
People who get insurance through their employers – an estimated 150 million Americans – may also lose consumer protections if President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act. → Read More
Trump, Congress expected to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, but with what?
Within hours of winning the White House, President-elect Donald Trump affirmed his desire to scrap the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s signature health care program. → Read More
NC Blue Cross announces rate increase of 24.3 percent for ACA marketplace plans
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has announced it will increase premiums for Affordable Care Act plans on the individual market by an average 24.3 percent for 2017. Some consumers will pay more and some will pay less. → Read More
Hospital leaders ask Pokemon Go players to go somewhere else
Pokemon Go players have been searching for digital creatures all over Charlotte. → Read More
Mother was devastated by son’s suicide. Then she met the woman he saved.
After 21-year-old man died of suicide in 2014, his organs were donated to four people. Organ donation agencies say the case shows how organ donation can save lives, even in the face of tragedy. → Read More
Mother was devastated by son’s suicide. Then she met the woman he saved.
After 21-year-old man died of suicide in 2014, his organs were donated to four people. Organ donation agencies say the case shows how organ donation can save lives, even in the face of tragedy. → Read More
Young mother steps in to solve problem for cancer patients
Amanda Rosen, a 24-year-old mother of two who has never had cancer, heard about a problem some cancer patients were having, so she came up with a solution to make their lives a little more comfortable. → Read More
Young mother steps in to solve problem for cancer patients
Amanda Rosen, a 24-year-old mother of two who has never had cancer, heard about a problem some cancer patients were having, so she came up with a solution to make their lives a little more comfortable. → Read More
Understanding what it means to be transgender
As debate rages over HB2, there remains confusion over what it means to be transgender. → Read More
Becoming Liam: The journey of a transgender man and NC's HB2
Liam Johns wears a scraggly beard and a mustache, a jeans vest and boots, and big black tattoos on his arms. He's not burly or tall, but he clearly looks like a man. → Read More
Meet Baby E’Layah, born at just 10 ounces, 10 inches long
If things had gone as planned, Tuesday would have been the day E’Layah Faith Pegues was born. But she came nearly 14 weeks early, on Sept. 23, weighing only 10 ounces. That made her the smallest surviving baby to be born at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., and one of the smallest in the world. → Read More
Meet Baby E’Layah, born at just 10 ounces, 10 inches long
If things had gone as planned, Tuesday would have been the day E’Layah Faith Pegues was born. But she came nearly 14 weeks early, on Sept. 23, weighing only 10 ounces. That made her the smallest surviving baby to be born at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., and one of the smallest in the world. → Read More
Meet Baby E’Layah, born at just 10 ounces, 10 inches long
If things had gone as planned, Tuesday would have been the day E’Layah Faith Pegues was born. But she came nearly 14 weeks early, on Sept. 23, weighing only 10 ounces. That made her the smallest surviving baby to be born at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., and one of the smallest in the world. → Read More
With father sick, daughter moves wedding to his hospital room
Kaila Kirby always assumed her father would walk her down the aisle. → Read More
Two Charlotte-area professionals honored for leadership
Two Charlotte-area health-care professionals received national honors recently. → Read More
Charlotte psychologist and folk singer to perform at Alzheimer’s benefit
After Matthew Alexander’s mother lost much of her memory to Alzheimer’s disease, he communicated with her through music. → Read More
After losing arm, Afghan boy finds help from Charlotte charity
At home in Afghanistan, Salim lives with his parents, six brothers and several aunts and uncles and cousins, 21 in all. → Read More