South Central Dermatology Clinic will host a Free Skin Cancer Screening on Wednesday, May 25th. The screening will be held from 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Noon). To reserve your appointment time, please call 601.399.0501.

Executive Director of the Laurel Center for Pregnancies Choices Carol Harbaugh describes the center as a place that serves young people, especially women, by offering all the information involved with pregnancies, including education about the choices to parent the child or offer the choice of an adoption plan. The Laurel Center for Pregnancies Choices is […]

South Central Regional Medical Center Recognized for Organ Donation Practices Currently, more than 124,000 people in America are waiting for organ transplants. Each day nearly 22 people die waiting for an organ transplant that would have given them a second chance at life. In addition, each year hundreds of thousands of people benefit from donated […]

South Central Behavioral Health Services (SCBHS) is dedicated to the mental health needs of the community. The month of May has been declared National Mental Health Month. Healthcare professionals are working to raise awareness about the many health conditions associated with mental health. SCBHS provides services under the direction of two psychiatrists, who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental […]

Roger Wynne, Director of the Intensive Care Unit at South Central Regional Medical Center, wants everyone to know the difference that they can make when they sign up to be an organ donor. “You can save the lives of up to eight people, and you can also have another hundred people that are touched by […]

Depression affects about one-quarter of the population and is a real disease. Rhonda McNair, Licensed Clinical Social Worker at South Central Regional Medical Center, explains that “Everyone gets sad from time to time, but it’s not the same as depression.  We identify depression as someone who has trouble sleeping.  They lose interest in things that […]

Patients with sleep apnea stop breathing during their sleep, causing them to wake up. Dr. John Wallace, Medical Director at South Central Regional Medical Center, explains that sleep apnea can degrade the quality of sleep and adversely affect the heart, blood pressure, and other bodily systems.  “This is just like your alarm clock going off […]

Tennis elbow is a general term used to describe the overuse of forearm muscles that results in pain at the elbow. Tennis elbow is not strictly related to playing tennis. In fact, fewer than 5 percent of patients with condition actually play tennis. Tennis elbow is caused by repetitive stress on the muscles and tendons […]

Jenny Lacey, coordinator of Teens Getting Involved for the Future, explains that the program is a group of 11th and 12th-grade students that get together to teach 7th-graders about abstinence, leadership skills, peer pressure, and some of the effects of drugs and alcohol. Jenny teaches the 11th and 12th-grade students the curriculum that they will […]

Over 2 million patients suffer from diabetic foot ulcers every year, and many go untreated or unnoticed. South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine will hold a free diabetic foot screening on Friday, April 29th at South Central Place in Laurel. To schedule an appointment, please call 601-399-0501. The screening is free, however an appointment time is required.