North Carolina’s infant deaths in 2018 reached their lowest rate in the 31 years they have been tracked, decreasing for a third straight year to…
When Julie “Bunny” Baker heard the words, “cancer free” in October of 2017, she knew she needed to do something with this blessing of time…
SYLACAUGA, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Blue Bell Creameries is recalling a batch of ice cream made at an Alabama…
For more than 20 years, Cynthia Brewer had been able to manage her diabetes largely on her own. If her blood glucose levels became elevated,…
Driven by a shared goal that “all pathways will lead to freedom and survival from opioid addiction and dependence in the Sandhills region,” a partnership…
Elaine Ballard’s family describes her as the “glue” that keeps everyone together. Now as a cancer survivor who has rediscovered the power of physical and…
St. Joseph of the Pines has launched a successful pilot program to replace Styrofoam to-go food containers with those that Belle Meade and Pine Knoll…
Before there was Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, before FirstHealth, and before Moore Regional Hospital, there was one doctor: Dr. Clement R. Monroe. He would not only…
Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke, a staggering statistic that marks stroke as the most common neurological injury. There have been…
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that by the year’s end in the United States 268,600 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed…
As a young man, Thomas J. Richard thought a career in the financial world would suit him, so he earned an undergraduate degree from the…
Dr. Stephen Szabo, an OB/GYN with Pinehurst Surgical Clinic (PSC), reached a milestone on Thursday, Sept. 19 with his 805th robotic surgery — a hysterectomy…
CHICAGO (AP) — Americans' diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier but there's still too much sugar, white bread and artery-clogging fat,…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas has made history once again as the “first in the world” Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy mentor site. Michael Pritchett, D.O., MPH, pulmonary…
Lacey Hughes, R.N., has been recognized as a DAISY Award winner for FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Lacey is a registered nurse on 4 Medical at…