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It’s no secret that losing weight will make you feel better and help you live longer. But what’s the best way to shed pounds? The common thread among the following four Charleston-area residents is that they all lost weight gradually and they all did so by changing the way they think about diet and exercise. […]
Teamwork is a vital aspect of winning in the sporting world, and it also can be important when losing weight is your ultimate goal. Ari and Christina Buchanan have a typical American family: two young children, full-time jobs and not enough spare time on their hands. They decided that they needed to find the time […]
Trying to lose weight quickly can turn out to be a frustrating experience. In many cases, the unwanted pounds, shed through starvation or by buying into diets based more on fad than fact, reappear soon after they disappear. On the other hand, losing weight by participating in a program based on medical knowledge, using products […]
There’s a big difference in geography. We have the highest incidence of kidney stones than anywhere else in the country,” said Dr. Marshall Scott Wingo of Lowcountry Urology Clinics. “We don’t know why, but it probably has to do with it being hotter and more humid here and people are more likely to be dehydrated. […]
According to Dr. Aaron Parry of Women’s Health Partners, approximately 80 percent to 90 percent of urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by the bacteria E. coli and the rest by other bacteria. The majority of urinary tract infections result from an ascending infection from the urethral opening into the bladder. Women are at a […]
As medicine moves into the future along with other facets of life, patients expect technology to accomplish many tasks, from managing personal data to measuring vital signs. Yet technology is actually changing far more in the medical field than just these familiar things. Namely, surgery itself, which was always performed by the careful hand of […]