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The large framed photograph on the wall of Dr. Gustavo Leone’s office at the Hollings Cancer Center caught my eye right when I walked inside. It’s almost like a painting – a smear of color and lights depicted from a bus window during a rainy day in Hong Kong. Dr. Leone’s brother took the photo, […]
Doctors make a difference in their patients’ lives every day, but, for many, the boundaries of their medical practice are not enough. Medical professionals around the globe are known to spend time helping others through philanthropy and volunteer work, which in turn often gives them inspiration and renewed passion for the profession and helps prevent […]
Nurses are all around us. We find them at our grandparents’ retirement homes; we find them taking care of our children at their school; and we find them in the office of every medical specialist, from cardiologists to plastic surgeons and from podiatrists to dermatologists. There’s always a nurse ready to assist you. We decided […]
Admit it. We’ve all done it. You clock out of work and midway home you start to ponder what you will fill your dinner plate with. You could swing by the market to pick up some sensible protein and veggies and prepare a nutritious meal, or you could get in the fast food drive-thru line […]
Something old is new again. In this modern medical world of miracles, where robotic surgery has become common, the latest way to have your medicine dispensed is by a compounding pharmacy. Once a relic from the past, compounding pharmacies have become increasingly popular in the present. Unlike the busy chain pharmacy on just about every […]
Hope is a precious thing in the medical industry. “You go into your doctor and ask, ‘What are you going to do for me?’ and they say, ‘Nothing…’” That is a bleak picture described by CEO Sean Rice of Medical Research South in Charleston. Unfortunately, that scene is repeated all too often. By some estimates, […]