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The next time you peruse the produce section at the grocery store looking for fresh, organic items to include in your dinner salad, think about the back story to that tomato, head of lettuce or bundle of bright green beans in your hand. We all know fruits and vegetables don’t just magically appear beneath the […]
With the establishment of the Charleston Wellness Committee under Mayor John Tecklenburg in the summer of 2017, big things are on the horizon for the Holy City community. Following a directive by the mayor to come to the inaugural board meeting prepared with ideas that would make an impact, both Dr. Susan Johnson and Dr. […]
Hospitals have been around since the ancient world. The first American medical facility functioning more or less as we know them today was established in Philadelphia more than two-and-a-half centuries ago. There is no denying that when serious injury, illness or another incapacitating ailment strikes, our hospitals are where we turn to for aid, comfort […]
At age 9, I saw George Washington’s dentures at the Smithsonian Institution and first encountered the awkward complications of historical revisionism. George’s famous wooden teeth were ivory. This was because Washington was wealthy, the docent explained. Nonetheless, those lead, spring-hinged plates looked painful to me and far too big to put into your mouth – […]
When you hear the word Botox, chances are you think about fine lines, wrinkles and working to defy age. While the FDA approved Botox in 1989, some people don’t know that it has medical uses. This drug now pushes far outside of aesthetic medicine to provide an option for a wide array of medical needs. […]
College of Charleston student Hannah Cramer had no intention of signing up for anything on that sunny day last spring – much less to donate bone marrow. She was merely accompanying her friend who was registering as a potential donor for Be the Match, no more than a brief detour on their way to get […]