Health
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Public health promotes heart disease awareness
Most of us can guess that heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. But did you know nearly 655,000 Americans (or 25%) die each year from heart disease? Pretty staggering statistics. The term “heart disease” refers to several types of heart conditions. The most…
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Student mask rules lift after legislature’s vote, Cooper’s announcement
RALEIGH — Mask mandates are stripping away across the state as school districts vote to end nearly two-year requirements that students in grades K through 12 remain masked for up to eight hours a day. As of Monday Feb 21, 2022, fewer than 50 school systems in North Carolina currently…
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Cape Fear Valley Health loosens visitation restrictions
FAYETTEVILLE – Due to improvements in the local positivity rates for COVID-19 and the dropping rate of COVID-19 admissions, Cape Fear Valley Health System’s facilities has loosened visitation restrictions starting Tuesday.
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Local physician to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
PINEHURST — As an emergency physician at FirstHealth of the Carolinas, endurance athlete and anonymous kidney donor, Matthew Harmody, M.D., has never been one to shy away from difficult, impactful work. His next challenge combines physical fortitude and living kidney donation advocacy as he joins 21 other kidney donors to…
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FirstHealth Offering game-changing treatment
PINEHURST — FirstHealth of the Carolinas now offers a game-changing treatment for coronary artery disease (CAD), which remains the most common type of heart disease diagnosed in the United States.
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McLeod Onsite Health provides health, wellness events
FLORENCE, S.C. — McLeod Onsite Health works closely with business and industry employers to provide convenient health care to their employees. By offering Health & Wellness Events, McLeod Onsite Health can customize available vaccinations and screenings to meet the needs of area businesses and industries.
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New radiation oncologist joins Scotland Cancer Treatment Center
LAURINBURG — Scotland Health and Scotland Cancer Treatment Center have welcomed Duke Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Daniel Oh to the medical staff.
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CareSouth Carolina celebrates one-year anniversary of Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
CareSouth Carolina celebrates the one-year anniversary of Monoclonal Antibody IV Therapy infusions at its Hartsville Suite B office.
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It’s Children’s Dental Health Month!
Each February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of good oral health. If you have a baby or toddler, you probably have questions about thumb sucking, your child’s first dental visit, how and when to brush your child’s teeth,…
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Two new electric cars running at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
FAYETTEVILLE – Two new vehicles are rolling this week at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for patients and visitors who need a lift to and from their parking spots. The electric cars are used by the hospital’s Patient and Visitor Shuttle Service, which gives rides around the campus for patients…
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WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame.”
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Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.
