Cape Fear Valley Health News

For one summer week, local children and teens with diabetes can experience a sleepaway camp made just for them. Children who go to Diabetes Camp will also gain new skills and knowledge, as well as spe...

Bruce Sobieralski of Parkton has always felt right at home in the great outdoors, but a memorable hike back in 2005 left him with an unpleasant souvenir. He was enjoying the sweeping vistas of Utah’s ...

If you’re a woman, especially one who has given birth, you may have had this experience: Your day is humming along just fine, and then out of nowhere comes a sudden, embarrassing bladder leak. It may ...

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 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...

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...

Neurosurgeon Prithvi Narayan started his professional life as a software engineer. Then, in his early 20s, he heard of an opportunity at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. A ne...

“We’ve found a spot on your lung.” Those words can strike fear into the heart of even the bravest among us. Could it be cancer? Will I need to have surgery? What if it gets bigger? What do I do now? “...

On average, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, making it the fifth leading cause of death. Acting fast can mean the difference between life and death during a stroke, so under...

Revised 1/04/2022As the community’s positive test rate and the health system’s COVID-19 admissions continue to trend upward, Harnett Health System is making the following modifications to the current ...