The Wound Healing Center at Marion Regional Healthcare System is celebrating its first anniversary.

Marion Regional Healthcare System and McLeod Health have agreed to explore a strategic alliance that would strengthen health care in the region, according to a Marion Regional Healthcare System press release.

Marion Regional Healthcare System placed first in the inaugural 2009 Hospital Hazmat (Hazardous Materials) Team Challenge held recently at Loris Community Hospital. The competition included teams from area hospitals performing basic Hazmat Team operations in simulated and task-oriented scenarios.

With summer just around the corner, accompanied by open-toed shoes and a longing to go barefoot, a greater emphasis is placed on foot care. You should pay special attention to your feet all year, especially the more than 24 million Americans living with diabetes.

The local experts at The Wound Healing Center at Marion Regional Healthcare System, a National Healing Corporation Wound Healing Center, offer these tips on assessing risk and lifestyle changes that can be made to reduce the risk of PAD ...

Providing a safe and fun atmosphere for children is the most important part of a babysitter’s job. Marion Regional Healthcare System is offering a free, interactive babysitting class from 9 a.m. to noon on June 12 that will cover the basics of babysitting.

More than 325,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest each year, making it the leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately 95% of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital, however, the chances of survival improve up to ten percent for every minute CPR is administered.

Marion Regional Healthcare System and the Mullins Nursing Center residents and staff celebrated National Nursing Home Week recently.

Mullins Nursing Center has received a “five star rating” in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of such facilities. A celebration is slated in Mullins on May 13.

National Nurses Day, celebrated annually on May 6, kicks off a week long celebration that is one of the nation’s largest health observances, National Nurses Week. This recognition event ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, the founder of modern nursing.

Very young children do not have fully mature immune systems, making them more vulnerable to contracting serious diseases. Vaccines contain a weak amount of virus or bacteria, which triggers the body’s immune system to create antibodies, giving the infant the ability to fight the virus or bacteria.

The Wound Healing Center at Marion Regional Healthcare System has received national attention for its performance during the last quarter of 2008.

DVT and pulmonary embolisms together comprise one of the nation’s leading causes of death.

A bladder control problem, or urinary incontinence, affects more than 17 million Americans and though it may be embarrassing, these problems are almost always the result of an underlying treatable medical condition.

U.S. House of Representatives Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of Orangeburg stopped in Marion County this past Friday, meeting with hospital administrators, staff and doctors, county officials and economic developers to discuss national healthcare plans.