Charleston Health Articles

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Kotary Robotic Dental Implant Center: Harnessing Advanced Technology to Improve Dental Implants and Streamline the Patient Experience

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Dr. Eddie Kotary with a patient at Charleston, SC's Kotary Robotic Dental Implant Center.

Charleston’s Kotary Robotic Dental Implant Center provides innovative dental services and treatments offered nowhere else in South Carolina. Its namesake Dr. Eddie Kotary, practicing dentistry for 23 years, specializes in robotic-assisted implant placement and restoration. His practice utilizes the latest advancements in treatment and technology, including Yomi® Robotic Dental Implant technology, the country’s first robotically-assisted … Read more

Hospital Sustainability

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Graphic for Sustainability Leadership Initiative in South Carolina. Identifying pathways and implementing solutions that move us toward a more sustainable future.

Dr. Susan L. Johnson, Ph.D., the Medical University of South Carolina’s director of health promotion and assistant professor of graduate studies in the College of Health Professions, was one of 23 people selected to serve in the six-month Sustainability Leadership Initiative held from October 2021 through April 2022. Sponsored by Sustain SC in partnership with … Read more

Hair Loss in Women

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Hair Loss Illustration: clumps of hair in a brush

Most people think of men when they think of hair loss. However, hair loss in women is more common than they realize, said Dr. Marcelo Hochman, a facial plastic surgeon with The Facial Surgery Center in Charleston. “With hair loss, people immediately think about men, but a substantial percentage of women have significant hair loss, … Read more

Medication for COVID Studies Underway

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Graphic - COVID Studies

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and South Carolinians are stepping up in the fight against COVID-19. In September, the hospital launched clinical trials to investigate the success of repurposing three common drugs to fight the virus. Within months, MUSC had 759 participants, which made it the second highest recruiting site in the … Read more

Endometriosis and Pregnancy

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Graphic Womens' Health

For too many years, the importance of understanding and treating women with reproductive problems sat low on most doctors’ list of medical priorities. It was almost as if the accompanying pain and misery experienced monthly by countless women were part of the biblical curse laid upon Eve in the garden – to be expected and … Read more

Heart Transplant for Renown Pianist

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Pianist Paul Cardall

Paul Cardall is an 11-time Billboard-topping pianist with millions of fans in more than 160 countries around the world. He’s also a medical miracle, born with half a functioning heart in the 1970s, when the concept of open heart surgery, especially for children, was in its infancy. “At the time, pretty much all children born … Read more

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