The Moore County medical community, which includes FirstHealth of the Carolinas, Pinehurst Surgical, Pinehurst Medical Clinic and the Mid-Carolinas Physicians Organization, are raising awareness about…
Gov. Roy Cooper has named Scotland County resident Hew Fulton to the State Health Coordinating Council, a panel that helps guide the growth of health…
How can your doctor help you prevent hospital stays, emergency room visits and even reduce the costs of your healthcare? It takes teamwork, according to…
Jodi Cole, R.N., has been recognized as the February 2018 DAISY Award Winner for FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Cole is employed by FirstHealth Moore Regional…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas launched its annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month reminder on March 1 to raise awareness about the importance of colon (or colorectal)…
If you’ve ever tried to swaddle a newborn, you know it’s not so easy. But swaddling gives newborns great comfort, and so parents have been…
PINEHURST – Last October, just a week shy of her 44th birthday, Julia Brokmeyer of Southern Pines was lying very seriously ill in a hospital…
SOUTHERN PINES – The staff of FirstHealth Dental Care in Southern Pines celebrated “Give Kids a Smile Day” on Feb. 1 with some of the…
PINEHURST – Kathy Mason, R.D., CSSD, recently joined FirstHealth’s Diabetes and Nutrition Education Center as a Registered Dietitian. She is a member of the American…
PINEHURST—Zoe Panizzi, PMHNP, majored in psychology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, but it was an experience during her junior year that solidified her career…
PINEHURST– Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has recognized FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital with a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Bariatric…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2018 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 Sandhills Emergency Physicians Names Nurses of the Year PINEHURST –…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2018 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 FirstHealth EMS Makes Changes for Safety of Employees and Community…
Meet Moore County’s first baby of 2018 – Victoria Vazquez Cabrera. The New Year’s baby was supposed to make her debut on January 2, 2018,…
Rodgers Builders, a construction firm working to renovate areas of FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, coordinated efforts to donate items for FirstHealth Women and Children’s department,…
The newest provider at FirstHealth Internal Medicine in Pinehurst is enjoying a homecoming, of sorts. Moore County native Brianne Evans, certified physician assistant (PA-C), joined…
Scott J. Denardo, M.D., with FirstHealth Cardiology, is now offering appointments in Asheboro. A seasoned interventional cardiologist, Dr. Denardo returned to the Sandhills area in…
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…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 27, 2017 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 FirstHealth Fitness Director Receives…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 21, 2017 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 FirstHealth Weight-Loss Program Demonstrates the…
FirstHealth of the Carolinas News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2017 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 FirstHealth Hospice Light Up a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2017 Media Contact: Ellen Cooper Corporate Communications (910) 715-1471 Moore Regional and Moore Regional – Richmond Receive an “A”…
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, contributing to more cancer deaths than colon, breast and prostate cancers…
A single-vehicle accident took place on Monday, October 16th at about 10:17PM when a man ran his van off the road and into the South…
Charles McPherson didn’t become really concerned about how bad he was feeling until acquaintances started telling him that he didn’t look well and that it…
According to the American Cancer Society, there is no sure way to prevent breast cancer. But there are things a woman can do that might…
Residents of Moore County, especially those in the Pinehurst-Taylortown-Pinewild vicinity, can look forward to another FirstHealth health care option with the fall opening of a…
On Aug. 9, 2017, cardiovascular intensive care nurse Sheryl Loehr, R.N., was doing much the same thing she had done on Sept. 5, 1990, and…
In September 1990, Dewey McClendon, a Montgomery County resident with a long history of heart trouble, became the first person to have open-heart surgery at…
April Stewart had never done a breast self-exam until one of her two daughters told her about a high school class discussion about breast health….