Hemp-based CBD products gaining popularity
By Earl Vaughan Jr. With America in the grip of an addiction to opioid-related pain medications, the medical community has been trying to limit access to the painkillers in an […]
“A Great Feeling”
By Catherine Pritchard Donna Carter was scared. She was 46, weighed over 310 pounds and had several serious health problems, including diabetes and hypertension. She also had severe […]
Health: A Thank-You to Cape Fear Valley’s Frontline Professionals
By: Kim Hasty For decades, Tommy Arnold has been the first to pitch in whenever someone needed help. We’ll likely never know the extent to which he’s been the willing […]
Health: Service and Shots with a Smile
By: Kim Hasty Photography by: Lisa Thompson Chris Tart was on the move one recent morning. Already, his staff was running low on Pfizer vaccine inoculations, and he was among […]
On the Front Line
By: Kim Hasty Theirs isn’t the kind of experience that was covered in nursing school chemistry or physiology classes. In fact, nothing in nursing school prepared them for the […]
A Bariatric Success Story
BY: KIM HASTY For Rachael Santillan, the epiphany that would lead to her nearly 100-pound weight loss came on a mountaintop in Ghana. “Everybody was passing me on the way […]
New Center Will Offer Hope in the Storm
BY: KIM HASTY A warm and soothing environment in which patients and their parents can feel comfortable and safe. Comprehensive and critical inpatient treatment available without the necessity of an […]
Surgical Residents Help Raise the Bar for CFVH
BY: KIM HASTY All the fresh-faced young people walking the halls at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center surprised some folks at first. Every newly-graduated physician enters a residency program for […]
Cape Fear Valley Hospital aids in the crusade for a vaccine
BY: KIM HASTY Even as a little girl growing up in Germany, Judith Borger always knew she wanted to help people. For a while, that meant teaching them how to […]
CFVH Workers Grateful for Community’s Generosity
By: Kim Hasty Over 3,000 donated masks. Over 5,000 donated meals. And those numbers are growing every day. In the midst of a pandemic, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center staff members have been overwhelmed by […]
