Dr. Dennis Schimpf started his medical career as a general surgeon in Buffalo, New York, practiced plastic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina for approximately five years and […]
Primary Care
Paving the Way for Better Wellness
Pick any health concern related to DNA, bloodwork, drugs and alcohol. For the past 18 years, nationally recognized ARCpoint Labs has been eliminating the guesswork with a full array of […]
Make Prevention a Priority
Dr. Dan Flaugher, board-certified family medicine provider at Berkeley Family Practice in Moncks Corner, believes that families need to make preventive health through annual physicals and wellness checks a priority. […]
Location is Key in Health Care
Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center, acute care hospitals under Trident Health, provided life-giving medical attention to more than 340,0000 Lowcountry residents in 2021. While these facilities serve a […]
Understanding Direct Primary Care
Dr. Brian Blank became a primary care physician because he wanted to develop meaningful relationships with patients to help them improve their health. But he says the traditional primary care […]
LGBTQ Health Care
“There’s a lot of fear, a lot of mistrust of health care providers,” said Chase Glenn. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and gender and sexuality expressions beyond the cis-gender, […]
Telehealth is Here to Stay
A lot of things that became essential during the heart of the COVID pandemic have gone the way of paper files and the $2 gallon of gas. Remember double masking, […]
All About Teamwork
You hear all the time about the importance of collaboration and teamwork – and, in the last year or so, because of COVID-19 and its variants, the respiratory care team […]
MUSC’s New Sea Islands Emergency Department
Residents of Johns Island, Kiawah Island and Seabrook Island will soon have a lifesaving emergency medical facility right in their own community, thanks to the Medical University of South Carolina. […]
Volunteering for Clinical Studies
“Clinical studies evaluate the safety and effectiveness of investigational treatments, devices and vaccines to help prevent and treat diseases,” explained Kasie Ingram, the marketing and recruiting coordinator for Coastal Carolina […]
Heimlich Maneuver
What is choking? Choking is when food or another foreign object becomes stuck in the airway. Choking prevents oxygen from getting to the lungs and the brain. Signs of someone […]
Stretching Beyond the Imagination
Took a walk around my neighborhood the other day, the sun just starting to massage my shoulders with its warmth, dispelling the morning chill. What a treat to be able […]