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Since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have known that seniors were among the most vulnerable to the virus and required special attention. In care facilities, seniors were quarantined – separated from family and friends by glass partitions or sheer distance. To society’s credit, those same seniors were among the first persons to … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic tested the resources of the U.S. health care system. As the demand for hospital beds rose, many victims of the virus were forced to fend for themselves at home, and, because oxygen deprivation and lung infections are frequent complications of the virus, prescribed oxygen therapy became increasingly common. For those who have … Read more
Men and women sometimes take different approaches to staying healthy, but they are fighting the same diseases. Throughout South Carolina and the United States, the top five diseases plaguing men and women are: heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lower respiratory and a toss-up for fifth place between diabetes –men – and Alzheimer’s – women. These … Read more
Nearly every woman will go through some form of menopause at one time or another, but many of us don’t know what to look for when it happens. Menopause is the natural decline of estrogen and progesterone, usually in your 40s and 50s, that occurs as we age out of our reproductive years. While the … Read more
When Dr. Melisa Holmes agreed to talk to her boss’ daughter about puberty, she had no idea that it would lead to Girlology, a nationwide program that has provided age-appropriate sexuality education to hundreds of thousands of girls. Dr. Holmes was a practicing OB-GYN in Charleston in 2003 when her boss’ wife asked if she … Read more
Ask two twins what it’s like being twins, and they’ll laugh and ask you what it’s like not being a twin, because having a twin is what they know. At least that’s what happened to me when I interviewed twin sisters Kimberly and Katherine Waters, who grew up in Inman, South Carolina, and their mother, … Read more