“It was early morning last August when I was awoken by what I thought to be indigestion,” Dixon Hucks remembers. The “indigestion” turned...

For more than 10 years, Carolyn Brown lived with intense pain after injuring her hip in a sledding accident. Gradually, the pain grew...

On Thursday, Nov. 20, people who want to quit smoking can visit CVMC’s Health First Center at Valley Hills Mall and Comprehensive Cancer...

This year, enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is unusually prevalent. This year the number of confirmed cases is much greater than reported in...

Physical Therapy is preformed using a variety of therapeutic techniques that are intended to decrease recovery time and improve a...

November is National Diabetes Month. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or respond properly to...

Once again, CVMC will showcase information about our extensive range of programs and services for seniors to the Prime of Life Senior...

Two major abdominal surgeries left Hickory native Eve Agee with a large wound on her abdomen that was resistant to healing. The 14 by...

“Super Morbidly Obese”- the term used to describe Roger Whisnant on the medical record given to him by his family doctor. As weeks passed...

Breast cancer affects both men and women. As with most cancer, early detection is your best defense, therefore self-examinations and...

In 2005, Kathy Wood was ecstatic to learn she would soon be welcoming a new grandchild. However, during her daughter’s pregnancy, she was...

HICKORY, NC – September 3, 2014 —Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received the 2014 Women’s Choice Award for being voted one of...

Ruth Deaton has been surrounded by accomplished surgeons her whole life. Her father, Glen R. Frye, was a surgeon. Her husband Hugo Deaton...

When Kathy Wood was 46 years-old, she was excited to be expecting her second grandchild. What she wasn’t expecting was to be diagnosed...

September 23rd is National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. “Fall prevention is particularly important to the elderly population, as more...

CVMC now treats prostate cancer with patient outcomes similar to those of world-renowned cancer centers such as Memorial Sloan Kettering,...

Although a hospital visit is typically a biological event, serious illness can be frightening and isolate a patient from their usual...

Whether it is a helmet under the chin or an elbow to the face, an unintentional collision during a contact sport like football or...