April 2019 is the 33rd annual alcohol awareness month and is sponsored by NCADD. This year’s theme for Alcohol Awareness Month is “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow”.
The goal of Alcohol Awareness Month is to educate everyone possible about the dangers of abusing alcohol, increase awareness, and to encourage people to reach out to the public about recovery and help reduce the stigma associated with the disease of alcoholism.
Sugary beverages and artificially sweetened drinks are known to cause harm to our bodies, but a recent study, led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that they are linked to a higher risk of premature death, especially for women in the U.S.
A recent publication from Duke Health states that tumor progression in some women affected by HER2 breast cancer had slowed in a phase 1 clinical trial conducted by Duke Cancer Institute.
It is important to note first that colorectal cancer can be detected by screening from your Primary Care Provider (PCP).
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is known by a couple of other names like “bowel cancer” and “colon cancer”. This type of cancer develops from the colon. The colon is the final part of the digestive system in the large intestine. It is considered to be an important plumbing system that removes waste products from the body.
Since opening Urgent Care, Caswell Family Medical Center has proudly served the community with walk-in access to acute care needs.
Patricia (Tricia) Towler, CFMC’s Clinical Operations Manager, has recently received her Case Manager Certification by The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC). CCMC is the first and largest nationally accredited organization that certifies case managers. This is a huge step for CFMC and Tricia.
At CFMC Pediatrics, we care about you and your child’s health. Your children are Caswell’s future. There’s nothing more important than ensuring great care goes into each and every child who walks through our doors.
You don’t have to keep bouncing back and forth between medical providers. At Caswell Family Medical Center, we treat the whole patient. Our medical center is a PCMH, which means we are a patient-centered medical home.
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) cases are increasing. The AFM cases have been reported in 22 states, including North Carolina (1 case). Reports as of October 24th, 2018 state that of these 62 cases, 58 (94%) are in children.
