The next time your pet has a medical emergency, you might wonder if your efforts to get it to a 24-hour vet reaches a dead end – or requires some […]
Charleston Health Articles
Bringing the Community Together Through Recovery
So many of us have been there – young adults trying to find our place in the world, dealing with a variety of different mental health challenges and feeling alone. […]
Emergency Medical Services Shortage
In early October 2022, Columbia resident Julianna Fisher jumped into an emergency responder vehicle with a seasoned paramedic and rushed off on her first medical call. Fisher had been on […]
Blasting Out of an Impossible Bunker: A 10% Chance to Live
Perry Davis Jr. was on the 18th hole on a gorgeous day early this summer. He failed to par the hole, but he is upbeat nonetheless. A Fort Mill resident […]
A Spoonful of Laughter Helps Life Go Down
Laughter is the best medicine, or so they say. I have no quarrel with that idea. In fact, I endorse it. But I’d suggest that penicillin ought to rank pretty […]
Exercise: Does Sex Count?
“Stamina. Strength. Control,” you repeat to yourself. Sweat pours down your face; lungs and muscles burn. Your thighs quake. You ask why you’re subjecting yourself to such torture. As total […]
Words From The Wise
When Karen Bostick, 70, neared retirement last year, she made a commitment to herself. She would follow the advice of her 89-year-old mother-in-law. “She told me that I must have […]
Mental Health Depends on Being Social
What did we learn from the pandemic? Many of us are quick to answer with something like “wash your hands” — but what did we learn about our mental health? […]
Mental Health Depends on Being Social
What did we learn from the pandemic? Many of us are quick to answer with something like “wash your hands” — but what did we learn about our mental health? […]
Testosterone and Sperm Counts Dropping
Testosterone is a powerful presence in the male body. It is responsible not only for muscle building, libido and semen production but also for mood and metabolism regulation, memory, concentration […]
Freezing Eggs Holds Biological Clock
Tick. Tick. Tick. The biological clock is an alarming, continuous ghost that haunts many women who want to have children, especially those who are sailing through the business world and […]
Freezing Eggs Holds Biological Clock
Tick. Tick. Tick. The biological clock is an alarming, continuous ghost that haunts many women who want to have children, especially those who are sailing through the business world and […]