Health
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Know what to do when you get the flu
Most people with flu have mild illness and do not need medical care or antiviral drugs. If you get sick with flu symptoms, in most cases, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people except to get medical care.
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Task force to focus on social media algorithms, gun storage education to help keep NC kids safer in 2024
Task force to focus on social media algorithms, gun storage education to help keep NC kids safer in 2024
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Imbruvica Shouldn’t Be Withheld Long Before or After Procedures
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 75 and have had Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia for three years, which has been treated with ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and is now in remission. A side effect of Imbruvica is bleeding, and it requires the drug to be withheld before procedures.
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Why the CDC has recommended new COVID-19 boosters for all
Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest covid-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more hospitalizations each year than if only the elderly were vaccinated.
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Columbus Regional Healthcare offering only smart knee implant
WHITEVILLE — Columbus Regional Healthcare System is now offering Persona IQ, the world’s first and only smart knee implant granted De Novo status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for total knee replacement surgery.
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Rhodes named LCFL’s Director of Patient Financial Services
WILMINGTON – Lower Cape Fear LifeCare recently named Yolanda Rhodes as Director of Patient Financial Services. Rhodes joined the local nonprofit in 2007 as an insurance claim representative before being named Patient Financial Services Manager in 2012.
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Men and mental health
June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and studies have shown that men have historically been less likely to report mental health issues than women. Lower rates of self-reporting among men may be attributable to a number of factors, including the stigma that’s still attached to the issue of mental…
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June brings awareness to men’s mental health
June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Awareness of the importance of recognizing mental health issues has grown considerably in recent years. Prominent individuals from various industries have come forward to speak about their struggles, which has done much to remove the stigma that was long associated with mental health.
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Food insecurity in Bladen County
ELIZABETHTOWN — The term “food desert” is used to describe the lack of accessibility to affordable healthy food options for low-income residents in urban communities but what about in the rural areas? Rural areas are unique due to their close proximity to farmers’ markets. In contrast, most urban communities lack…
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Changes expected as COVID emergency ends
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests.
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Elizabethtown is getting a Man Cave
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown-White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new medical service offered in Elizabethtown on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m.
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Cape Fear Valley cuts ribbon for medical education and neuroscience center
FAYETTEVILLE — Cape Fear Valley Health hosted a ribbon cutting and Grand Opening event on the morning of Feb. 13 for the new Center for Medical Education and Neuroscience Institute. About 300 people attended the opening remarks, which were followed by facility tours and Simulation Center demonstrations throughout the morning.
