Urgency For Urgent Pet Care

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Charleston has roughly 155,000 residents. The city has been named one of the top dog-friendly cities in the country. It’s safe to say that between dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, rabbits, and other creatures, the city has more pets than people. However, while there are roughly two dozen hospitals and emergency care centers in the city … Read more

Nearsightedness: Looking Ahead

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One spring day in 2000, Greenville County resident Harold Moore was doing his usual job: inspecting facilities, machinery, and safety equipment for potential hazards at the Hitachi Manufacturing Center in Mauldin. When he went to calibrate an instrument for a piece of equipment, Moore couldn’t judge the accuracy of the readings because “the numbers suddenly … Read more

Senior Superheroes

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One evening in May 2022, Anne Marie and Joshua Long found themselves immersed in runaway scribbling on bar coasters in a pub in Kilkenny, Ireland. They were trying to enjoy a one-year honeymoon anniversary, but all attempts had brought them back to a nagging future vision — and now Anne Marie was talking and thinking … Read more

Drug Abuse and Pregnancy

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It happens more often than many of us want to believe. Women who become pregnant while suffering from drug addiction, face the hardships of trying to quit or else possibly lose custody of their child. Dr. Kenosha Gleaton, a board-certified OB/GYN and founder of The EpiCentre, located in West Ashley, has found that many pregnant … Read more

Frankincense Heals

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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have concluded a clinical study that found the use of frankincense, a resin that comes from the Boswellia tree and has been used for thousands of years in medicine, helps to decrease the proliferation of cancer cells in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Many patients die from … Read more

Regenerative Medicine: Using Your Body to Heal

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The human body is remarkable and has a tremendous capacity to heal itself. Regenerative medicine, an emerging and evolving field, applies that concept to treating patients to, as local experts explain, heal and repair rather than cover up the symptoms of disease and injury. Dr. Justin Garzone, DO, FACP, FACOI, FHM, with the regenerative medicine … Read more

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