By Laura Haight You’re a service worker and you’re on your feet all day. By shift’s end, your feet hurt, your legs are tired and achy, and your ankles are […]
Charleston Health Articles
Charleston’s Hope Lodge Celebrates 50 Years
By Anne Toole It’s hard to imagine that much good can stem from devastating events, but, when the Hope Lodge celebrated 50 years of serving cancer patients this past August, […]
Am I Healthy Enough for COVID?
By Brian Sherman How can you prepare yourself to battle the potentially lethal effects of COVID-19? Eating healthy, exercising regularly and avoiding tobacco products would be a good start. In […]
Post-Surgery Care
By Meredith A. Hagen Going into the hospital for surgery or an inpatient medical stay or procedure can be a worrying event even in the best of times. But add […]
Age Successfully
By Theresa Stratford Dr. William Simpson is a retired professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he worked for almost 40 years. […]
Atrial Fibrillation Technology
By John Torsiello Electrophysiologist Darren Sidney, M.D., with Charleston Heart Specialists, became South Carolina’s first physician to implant a next-generation device to reduce the risk of stroke for patients with […]
The COVID-19 Vaccine in South Carolina
By Katie Thompson While the world has paused for the COVID-19 pandemic, two of the most-asked questions about returning to regular life are “When will there be a vaccine?” and […]
Wills and Trusts: Navigating Tough Conversations About Aging
By Lindsay C. Bishop Planning for the future is never easy. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, long-term care and funerals are complicated topics that require us to make concrete decisions, […]
Caregivers Also Need Care
By Cindy Landrum COVID-19 has added stress to the already difficult task of caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. “It has been devastating for a lot of families,” […]
Prison System Health Care
By James Crawford Have you ever wondered how prisoners in South Carolina receive health care? For most of us, it’s not something we’ve considered. For the 17,000 inmates and thousands […]
School Nurses Protect Our Kids
By Anne Shuler Toole The job of a school nurse has never been an easy one. Juggling any number of run-of-the-mill illnesses and injuries, contacting parents and dispensing medications in […]
Keeping COVID Out of Hospitals
By Colin McCandless Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals on the front lines have been adopting new cleaning protocols and applying innovative technology to prevent the spread of infection and […]