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.

Community Blood Drive at Wellness Center and SCRMC April 13-14 South Central Regional Medical Center and United Blood Services will host a community Blood Drive on Wednesday, April 13th, at the Wellness Center from 10 am to 4 pm and on Thursday, April 14th, at South Central Regional Medical Center from 7 am to 6 […]

Speech Therapy Services at South Central Regional Medical Center are available to people of all ages, from infants to senior adults. Day Gibbes, a Speech Language Pathologist at South Central Regional Medical Center, says, “Speech therapy includes the treatment of speech and language disorders.  We also treat articulation disorders, which is a difficulty in producing the […]

It was sad news on Monday, March 29th, when South Central Regional Medical Center’s Linda Gavin, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and Karen Vanderslice, Community Health Coordinator, heard the news about the death of Patty Duke. They reminisced about having Duke as the keynote speaker at the hospital’s Women’s Life Conference in 2007. […]

South Central Regional Medical Center expresses thanks and appreciation to the 70 volunteers who donated over 7,000 hours of services last year to  assist our patients, visitors and staff in providing excellent care and service.  Areas of service include the Medical Center, South Central Place, ComfortCare Nursing Center, ComfortCare Hospice, Human Resources and SCRMC sponsored community events. SCRMC […]

Skin cancer is very prevalent in the U.S., and it’s becoming more so in the younger generation, especially in young women. Kate Garrison, nurse practitioner at South Central Dermatology, explains that “skin cancers are something we see often, and are extemely avoidable.” “Unfortunately, just for going in the tanning bed one time, it increases your […]