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In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, HealthLinks celebrates South Carolina women who beat breast cancer and are now thriving in their own unique ways. The celebration unfolds in an October series titled Fearless. We believe the unique fortitude and resilience of these women will inspire others who face breast cancer and similar diagnoses. You can learn … Read more
Dr. Kathleen Woschkolup, director of neurology at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, said the opening of the new Diane Collins Neuroscience Institute in Greenville was a dream come true. That’s the impression other physicians and therapists, as well as patients, may have about the $8 million institute that opened in early June. The reason? … Read more
Between his military medical training and his family medicine practice, perhaps it was inevitable that Dr. Gerald Harmon would look at the field of medicine in a holistic, “get ‘er done” way. Dr. Harmon, who lives in Pawleys Island, is the immediate past president of the American Medical Association and has an eagle’s eye view … Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new sleep guidelines for babies. Infant deaths were reduced in the 1990s when it was first recommended to put babies on their back when they went to sleep. However, the decline in infant deaths has slowed since the late 1990s, and health care providers are now being encouraged … Read more
Dental visits are so routine and such a normal part of living that it is easy to think of them as universal for everybody – unless you are compromised by money, lack of health insurance, a limited supply of providers or a severely compromised immune system. In an effort to eliminate these factors in the … Read more
Most people don’t live to see their legacy. However, some people get a peek, even if they don’t know it. Such was the case with Barbara Mowery. The mother, wife and beloved school administrator witnessed her school community uplift her and her family as she fought ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer is rough. According to the … Read more