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Even outside of the kitchen, butter has become so popular in America that many local, county and statewide festivals host butter-sculpting competitions, where winners can claim huge prizes for their works of art or simply carry on local traditions. For instance, artists have been carving the legendary “butter cow” for more than 100 years at […]
Virginia DeWitt lived a good long life. She raised five children. She loved cooking, gardening and creating art. In her later years, the tables turned, and, instead of caring for her children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, she needed care herself. As her health declined, it became more difficult for her to live alone. Eventually, one […]
Jason Kirk of Palmetto Community Care wants everyone to know that people who are living with HIV and AIDS are not alone. “We are a resource for people in the tri-county area who are HIV positive,” he said. “We are also dedicated to preventing HIV, and we help people remain HIV-negative.” And as the director […]
Much has changed since HIV and AIDS emerged in the United States in the 1970s. But decades later, a stigma remains concerning these deadly diseases, especially in the Lowcountry. Though HIV – a virus that attacks the human body’s immune system – and AIDS – which lowers a person’s ability to fight other diseases and […]
“It’s the big one, Elizabeth!” It was the running joke on the old sitcom “Sanford and Son.” Redd Foxx would clutch his chest as though he was having a heart attack. In the show, it was comic relief. In real life, heart disease can be deadly. Cardiovascular disease can occur at any stage of life […]
Anton Gunn, chief diversity officer at MUSC Health; Kellye McKenzie, director of health at Trident United Way; and Mark Dickson, vice president of mission at Roper St. Francis Healthcare, are representatives of Healthy Tri-County’s three core partners. According to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, 32 percent of adult South Carolinians are […]