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Mobile Medical sets schedule LUMBERTON — Southeastern Mobile Medical, a service of Southeastern Regional Medical Center, will be stationed at the following locations within Robeson County at the dates listed. The mobile unit operates from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at each site. Monday and Tuesday — Floyd’s Temple Number One, Lumberton; Wednesday and Thursday — Beauty Spot United Methodist Church, Rowland; and Jan. 30 and Jan. 31 — LRDA, Pembr...
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A good read at the grocery store
Read anything good in the grocery store lately? Not the kind with headlines such as “Giant Killer Tomatoes invade Poland” or “Mother gives Birth to Puppies.” I am talking about food labels. The ability to read and understand food labels is essential if you are interested in weight management, have food allergies, medical conditions that nutrients may improve, or just plain want to know what the heck it is that you are eating. As you cruise ...
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Herpes virus makes appearance
Dr. Curt Locklear alerted me to the recent news about equine herpes. Since I tend to have multiple themes in my articles, I will have a little dab about human herpes at the end. A couple of weeks ago, the first equine herpes in North Carolina was diagnosed. The mare, from Rockingham County, was immediately confined to a separate isolation unit upon its arrival at N.C. State University. Other animals at the hospital have shown no symptoms. I...
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Merry Hardin was presented with the John D. Drake Distinguished Service Award by Southeastern Regional Medical Center Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas Johnson during the medical center’s annual service award banquet last week
Hardin wins SRMC’s top award
LUMBERTON — Merry Hardin, an analyst for Imaging Systems, last week was named the 2011 winner of the John D. Drake Distinguished Service Award, Southeastern Regional Medical Center’s highest employee honor. An employee with 19 years of service, Hardin received the award at the annual service awards banquet held Tuesday in the hospital cafeteria. “Merry has been described by her co-workers as someone who will do whatever she can to make sure...
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Mobile Medical schedules set
LUMBERTON — Southeastern Mobile Medical, a service of Southeastern Regional Medical Center, will be stationed at the following locations within Robeson County at the dates listed. The mobile unit operates from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at each site. Monday and Tuesday — Long Branch Baptist Church; Wednesday and Thursday — Mill Branch Baptist Church, Fairmont; Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 — Floyd’s Temple Number One, Lumberton; Jan. 25 and Jan. 26 — Beauty...
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Ask questions — it’s good medicine
Who’s the most important member of your health care team? Does your doctor come to mind? Your pharmacist, perhaps? A nurse? There’s no doubt that all of these people can play key roles in protecting your health. But it’s easy to forget the one person who might have the most important role of all: you. Your doctor, of course, directs your overall health care. And he or she depends on other health professionals and their skills and expertis...
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Carole Gavaghanm, right, of the Community Health Education Center, will present an Introduction to computers program for PrivilegesPlus members on Jan. 26 at the center located in Biggs Park Mall in Lumberton.
PrivilegesPlus plans January events
LUMBERTON — Southeastern Regional Medical Center’s PrivilegesPlus, a health and wellness program for people age 50 and over, will host the following events in January for members: n PrivilegesPlus members are invited to visit the Southeastern Lifestyle Day Spa on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. for spa demonstrations and an information session. The spa is located behind the Southeastern Lifestyle Center for Fitness and Rehabilitation at 4895 Fayettevi...
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Moderate exercise is OK if you are sick
he topic for this article came to me Tuesday morning as soon as I woke up. Literally. Because when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. for me to get up for a six-mile run, I knew that I just wasn’t going to make it. What had started out as a tickle in my throat the night before was now a full-fledged sore throat, stuffy head and an achy body. Yup, I was sick. And I hate being sick. I hate that helpless feeling I get and even though I woke up to...
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Keep count of what you are eating
According to author Victoria Abreo, in her story entitled “God, the Devil and Fast Food,” here’s how we became addicted to fast food, sugar-filled concoctions and deep fried trans-fatty nightmares. God populated the Earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. Then Satan created McDonald’s, Ben and Jerry’s and Krispy Kreme. And Sata...
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Fibromyalgia group to meet LUMBERTON — The Southeastern Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Center’s Fibromyalgia Support Group will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday. Physical Therapist Julie Sawyer will present an overview of fibromyalgia for support group participants as well as for their friends and family. Meetings are held at the Southeastern Lifestyle Day Spa, which is located behind the Southeastern Lifestyle Center for Fitness and Rehabilitati...
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Public health gets squeezed by budget
With the federal budget finally being passed in November, public health did not fare well, despite the rhetoric that prevention is the key to reducing chronic conditions. But why should it when it does not fare well at the state level? Funds derived from the master tobacco settlement were to go to public health programs for reducing tobacco use, increasing physical activity and encouraging better eating habits — the settlement funds were to...
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Gloves & gowns
Contributed The Fitness Services department of Southeastern Regional Medical Center recently donated lab gowns and gloves to the Science Department at Magnolia Elementary School in Lumberton. Pictured at the presentation of the supplies were Fitness Services Manager Alex Lewis, left, Health and Fitness Supervisor Mike Jimenez, eighth-grade math teacher and employee at Southeastern Lifestyle Center of Red Springs Courtney Lewis, Magnolia Ele...
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Southeastern Mobile Medical schedule set
Staff report LUMBERTON — Southeastern Mobile Medical, a service of Southeastern Regional Medical Center, will be stationed at the following locations within Robeson County at the dates listed. The mobile unit operates from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at each site. Monday and Tuesday — Beauty Spot United Methodist Church, Rowland; Wednesday and Thursday — LRDA, Pembroke; Jan. 16 and Jan. 17 — Long Branch Baptist Church; Jan. 18 and Jan. 19 — Mill ...
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