First Health Foundation Kids in Crisis
Kiwanis Club of Seven Lakes President Elect Jerry Sink, presented Pam Tighe, Director of Kids in Crisis, a donation for $1,500 to help continue their…
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FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics Recognizes September As Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a condition that develops when the arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the internal organs, arms and legs become completely…
FirstHealth Supports National Effort to Raise Awareness of Prediabetes
The findings of FirstHealth of the Carolinas coincide with those of a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the…
FirstHealth Home Care Gets Five Stars in CMS Patient Experience Ratings
FirstHealth Home Care, which offers a variety of home health services in six mid-Carolinas counties, has for the second time received five stars in the…
Another Surgeon to Join FirstHealth’s Open-Heart Team
Like many young men, William Clifford “Cliff” Kitchens, M.D., looked to his father’s influence as he was choosing a profession. Both father and son are…
FirstHealth One of Two N.C. Sites for Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial
There currently is no generally accepted standard of care for pancreatic cancer that has migrated to other parts of the body, but a current clinical…
Thermal Radio Frequency Treatment for Knee Pain
The pain specialists at FirstHealth Back & Neck Pain have begun to offer thermal radio frequency treatment to relieve chronic moderate-to-severe knee pain caused by…
FirstHealth Helps Provide Wheelchair Ramps To Patients
When the nurses and therapists of FirstHealth Home Care go into patient homes, they sometimes encounter heartbreaking situations. Patients choosing between medications and food because…
FirstHealth Completes Major IS Project with Epic “Big Bang”
FirstHealth of the Carolinas achieved a unique milestone in its near 90-year history with its successful July 1 conversion to Epic information systems technology. The…
FirstHealth Specialist Enrolling Patients in Overactive Bladder Study
While it’s a subject that most women would prefer not to discuss, overactive bladder (or urgency urinary incontinence) affects as many as 40 percent of…
Dr. Richberg Wins Physician of Year Award during First Year with FirstHealth
Christopher Richberg, M.D., entered medical school planning on a career as a pediatrician. The baby he delivered on the first night of his OB/GYN rotation…
Seven Lakes Resident Receives the “Life She Wanted” from Local Surgeon
For a woman approaching 89, Seven Lakes resident Angie (Angelina) Leone had enjoyed a satisfying social life that included daily lunch with two longtime friends….
EMS Veteran Assumes Role with FirstHealth Regional Transport
A public safety professional with more than 30 years of experience in emergency medical services has joined FirstHealth of the Carolinas as administrative director of…
FirstHealth Inpatient Rehab Gets Eighth Consecutive Accreditation
PINEHURST – Debra Ashburn spent two weeks in FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital after complications of multiple sclerosis led to the above-knee amputation of her left…