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Mason Alexander and his wife Frances spend each and every day together – sharing breakfasts, taking short walks, chatting about family and friends, holding hands, watching TV. They have lived at the Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community on James Island, near Charleston, since 2004. But they haven’t lived together since January. Mason resides in the … Read more
During a time of crisis, individuals and organizations have a choice of how they will react and lead. It is an easy option to emotionally and physically shut down over situations that cannot be controlled. The other choice a person or organization can make is to become a leader amidst the waves of a storm. … Read more
By John Torsiello We like to think that we take the best care we can of our feline or canine pets. Sometimes, we even treat them as if they were humans. But their digestive systems are very different than ours, and what we can easily tolerate might prove deadly to our furry friends. Bad things … Read more
Everyone goes shopping for groceries, most of us at least once a week. We cruise through the aisles past an abundance of appealing food items, loading our carts with everything from Almond Joy candy bars to zucchini. But do we ever give more than a passing thought to what we are doing and why? That’s … Read more
Navigating the health care system as a patient is overwhelming, so much so that many people avoid appointments altogether due to uncertainty about getting bogged down in the details of insurance, follow-up appointments and a myriad of other complexities. Just the mention of scheduling a doctor’s appointment is sure to induce a spike in blood … Read more
Hocus pocus? Ineffective? Too expensive? Not backed by scientific research? A waste of time, energy and money? The reasons Dr. Jeffrey Farricielli, who practices at the Center for Regenerative Medicine in Mount Pleasant, said his patients give for being unwilling to try alternative medicine approaches are varied, but most of them boil down to the … Read more