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Nov 07, 2024 General News

Harnett Health to Restrict Visitation Starting Friday

Due to local positivity rates of COVID-19 reaching the highest levels seen so far during the pandemic, as well as increasing rate of COVID-19 admissions, Harnett Health System’s facilities will furthe...
Harnett Health to Restrict Visitation Starting Friday
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Continuity grows

In 2018, there were 389 diabetes-related deaths in Cumberland County, according to the CDC’s multiple cause of death data. Nationally, men are more likely to have the illness as a contributing cause o...
Continuity grows
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Renovation, automation, and new graduates bring advances to laboratory

April Maroschak is the Corporate Director of Laboratory Services, overseeing all labs at Cape Fear Valley Health hospitals. She said the renovated 3,952-square-foot lab space will feature a new automa...
Renovation, automation, and new graduates bring advances to laboratory
Dec 02, 2024 General News

“Nursing chose me”

After spending most of her nursing career in emergency departments, Susan Phelps, RN, is no stranger to staying on her toes.“It taught me to be prepared for anything at any moment,” she said. “You rea...
“Nursing chose me”
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Emmett bounces back

Back in their home state of Minnesota, Claire and Dillon McLain were high school sweethearts. After college, when they exchanged wedding vows, they knew they wanted to be parents.When the Army brought...
Emmett bounces back
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Just what the doctor ordered

In a recent analysis of shifting demographics and workforce trends, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicted a nationwide shortage of between 37,000 and 124,000 physicians by 2034. To ad...
Just what the doctor ordered
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Twice the relief

Last summer, on a trip to Topsail Beach with her family, Mary McVicker was looking forward to splashing in the waves and enjoying the sunshine. But a growing discomfort in her hips was making the shor...
Twice the relief
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Cape Fear Valley Makes a Difference in Podiatric Care

Ask any podiatrist, and they will tell you your feet are the foundation for your body and important for your health. Mark Eaton, DPM, is one of those more than 18,000 practicing podiatrists in the Uni...
Cape Fear Valley Makes a Difference in Podiatric Care
Dec 02, 2024 General News

A Surgical Resistance

Buz McPhail of Fayetteville was feeling fine, enjoying an active lifestyle in his retirement. But he couldn’tshake the feeling that cancer might be lurking in his body. A smoker for 53 years, with a l...
A Surgical Resistance
Dec 02, 2024 General News

Preemies in the Camera's Eye

A picture, you have likely heard, is worth a thousand words.And so is a live camera’s-eye view of your newborn. Or, if you are Chip and Molly Lewis, a live camera’s-eye view of your three newborns, al...
Preemies in the Camera's Eye