“What the heck is a ‘podcast’,” said nobody under the age of 30. If you don’t happen to fall into that digitally-savvy group, read on. In brief, podcasts are self-contained […]
General Health Articles
Kitchen Gadgets & Healthy Eating
Jalak Patel, a clinical dietitian with Bon Secours Health System, said when cooking and enjoying meals at home, kitchen gadgets are essential to adopting a healthy lifestyle, as well helping […]
Donations of Masks: A Grassroots Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 caught most of us off guard. It was nothing, and then it was something — and then it was THE thing. Suddenly, a miniscule speck, undetectable to the human […]
Historical Timeline of Viruses
As we populate the Earth, so do our diseases. Although we may think we are living in an unprecedented time, the COVID-19 pandemic has had companions among mankind throughout the […]
Telehealth Makes Medicine Virtually Possible
Everything about the world has changed – how you get your groceries, how you connect with family and even how you connect with your doctor. Although we’re in the middle […]
The Blood Connection
Combine an upscale doctor’s office with a spa and what do you get? The new Blood Connection Center in North Charleston – that’s what! Blood Connection Centers are permanent locations […]
Walking for MS
One million Americans are currently living with a multiple sclerosis diagnosis, according to a recent study funded by the National MS Society. This neurological disease affects the central nervous system […]
How Medicine Has Changed
As Dr. Richard Gross, a retired pediatric orthopedist who graduated from medical school in 1965 and recently won a Humanitarian Award from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, said, […]
State of Health Care in South Carolina
In South Carolina, the past decade in health care has been one of mergers and expansions, job growth, expanding coverage under Obamacare and moves to more accountable care organizations. In […]
Be SMART with Gun Safety – It Starts with Adults
There are 4.6 million American children living in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked. And every year, nearly 600 of them 17 and under die by suicide […]
Therapy Dogs to the Rescue
Here they come, sauntering down the hallway of a hospital, a mental-health facility, a nursing home, a cancer ward, a detention center or just about any place where the lonely, […]
MUSC Burn Center to Offer Comprehensive Treatment in 2020
The Medical University of South Carolina Burn Center has some exciting new developments coming this year and beyond as it continues to grow and evolve. The only burn center in […]