New rules that set limits on the quantity of opioids that can be prescribed take effect Jan. 1, 2018. The STOP Act, supported by Governor…
WASHINGTON (AP) — States are scrambling to decide how to spend the dwindling federal dollars used for a popular program that provides health insurance for nearly 9…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is reporting three new flu deaths in North Carolina last week including the death of a…
The License to Give Trust Fund Commission has announced the completion of its 20th grant cycle and has awarded a project grant of $287,000 to Donate Life North…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A better mammogram? Increasingly, women are asked if they want a 3-D mammogram instead of the regular X-ray. Now U.S. health officials…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Music increasingly is becoming a part of patient care, largely to comfort the sick. Now, the National Institutes of Health is bringing…
North Carolina will join the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative which will focus on investing taxpayer dollars in programs and policies that work for the state.…
The Moore County Nursing & Adult Care Homes Community Advisory Committee (CAC) held its Annual Holiday Luncheon recently at Pinewild following its quarterly public meeting.…
New research suggests that a blood test five years after breast cancer treatment may help identify some women who are likely to relapse, long before…
RALEIGH -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have announced the changes to Medicare Parts A and B for 2018. Each year, Medicare costs…
Governor Roy Cooper issued a proclamation recognizing Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day in North Carolina and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services'…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas will add a fourth convenient care location to its network of community health care offices with the December 2017 opening of…
John Caliri, director of FirstHealth Fitness, has been recognized as the 2017 winner of the Hank Boerner Pioneer Award by the Medical Fitness Association (MFA).…
Tim Moore wasn’t looking for a quick-fix diet when he decided to lose weight. He wanted a program that would provide support and accountability, and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Big Tobacco companies return to TV this weekend, decades after they were banned from the airwaves. The tobacco industry is under court…