Health

Red Shoe Shootout to benefit Ronald McDonald House

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011, 1:35pm

NORWOOD - The Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte will host a clays tournament fundraiser on Friday, November 11.

The event will start at 7:30 a.m. at The Fork Farm and Stables located at 3200 Fork Road in Norwood, NC.

Tickets start at $325 per person and include breakfast, lunch, drinks, tournament awards, raffle prizes and gift bags.

Visitors are invited to show off their shooting skills as clay pigeons are launched from 12 sporting clay stations into the sky above them.

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National Take-Back Day sucessful in Stanly Co.

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011, 12:44pm

National Take-Back Day sucessful in Stanly Co.

STANLY COUNTY - Thirty-three pounds of medication was collected by the Stanly County Sheriff's Office during National Drug Take-Back Day on October 29.

Unused, unwanted and expired prescriptions were turned in at three locations throughout the county during the four hour operation, the sheriff's office said.

The safe disposal was free to the public.

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National Drug Take-Back Day on October 29

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011, 5:11pm

National Drug Take-Back Day on October 29

STANLY COUNTY - The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will receive unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal as no cost to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Surgical weight loss seminar to be held October 24

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011, 3:51pm

Surgical weight loss seminar to be held October 24

ALBEMARLE (Stanly Regional Medial Center) - Stanly Surgical Weight Loss Center is sponsoring a free presentation on surgical weight loss options Monday, October 24 at their office located in Suite 205 of the Second Street Medical Offices Building at 923 North Second Street in Albemarle. The presentation begins at 6 p.m.

The practice is among the first in the region to offer the Realize™ Adjustable Gastric Band, a device that is surgically implanted around the stomach to help people with morbid obesity lose weight and improve or resolve obesity-related health conditions including type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension and high cholesterol.

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Jamie Boll: Here's why I walk for Autism Speaks

Submitted by Jamie Boll on Wednesday, October 5th, 10:11 am

I don't have a child with autism. It's luck, I guess. My wife and I didn't do anything different as parents than our friends Bill and Kieron O'Mara, but their middle son Casey has autism. None of our four boys do.

We were very lucky when you consider, one in 70 boys is now found to be on the autism spectrum. The rate is one in 110 overall. More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes and cancer – combined.

So, why do some families get the news and not others? We don't know yet, but we're getting closer to finding out. Research is zeroing in on genetics, on the environment. Perhaps, it's some combination of the two.

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Extended Urgent Care hours offered in Locust

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 10:32am

Extended Urgent Care hours offered in Locust

LOCUST - Locust Medical Services will now offer Urgent Care services with new extended hours starting Saturday, October 1.

The Urgent Care hours will be 5-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.

Locust Medical Services is located at 103-C Stanly Parkway between Stanly Community College’s Crutchfield Campus and Walmart and is an affiliate of Stanly Regional Medical Center.

The medical practice will host an open house on Saturday, October 22 from 9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. to celebrate the new hours.

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Free mammograms available through Project CURE

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 2:25pm

Free mammograms available through Project CURE

STANLY COUNTY (Stanly Regional Medical Center) - Stanly Regional Medical Center believes no one should be denied a mammogram because they cannot afford one. For that reason, the medical center is proud to partner with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure to provide free mammograms through a program called Project CURE (Caring, Understanding, Reaching out and Educating).

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