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Apart from serving 20 years in the Navy as a credentialed emergency room trauma support doctor with two deployments to Afghanistan, Charleston native William Melvin Brown III, MD, has spent his career as a board-certified emergency room specialist. During the COVID pandemic, however, he reached a breaking point, frustrated about how values-driven medicine had seemingly … Read more
For people living with chronic anxiety, every day can feel like a battle. Medications and therapy help many but not all. However, IV ketamine therapy has risen in popularity as a promising option for people with anxiety who feel like they have run out of choices. Unlike traditional antidepressants, ketamine is known for its rapid … Read more
Alcohol Use Reaches Historic Lows Alcohol consumption has dipped to its lowest point in Gallup’s 90-year polling trend. Only 54% of adults now say they drink, down from 58% in 2024 and 62% in 2023. The decline is sharper among women and younger adults, with Gen Z reporting a drop from 59% to 50% since … Read more
Challenges in Modern Health Care Delivery As patients, we often step into our doctors’ offices unaware of the challenges that affect their ability to deliver the best possible care. We have no reason to wonder if we are seeing the best version of our doctor, the person who can put us first with efficiency, accuracy … Read more
Direct primary care offers a health care option that eliminates the middleman. Rethinking Primary Care Access The thought of going without health insurance feels dangerous for many people; insurance is a safety net that, theoretically, should guard against mounting medical costs. Affording insurance is easier said than done, though, and, in recent years, an alternative … Read more
SAD is more than winter blues – but it’s treatable. When Darkness Impacts Mood When the days seem shorter and the chilly weather sets in, many people welcome cozy evenings with crackling fires and festive merriment. For some, though, the early darkness and whirl of holiday happenings contrastingly cast a pall of mood swings and … Read more