Surgery

As medicine moves into the future along with other facets of life, patients expect technology to accomplish many tasks, from managing personal data to measuring vital signs. Yet technology is actually changing far more in the medical field than just these familiar things. Namely, surgery itself, which was always performed by the careful hand of […]

The Precious Gift of Life and the Importance of a Positive Attitude Twenty-five-year-olds normally do not give a second thought to their heart, which beats more than 100,000 a day and 3 billion times over the course of a lifetime. A man’s heart is approximately the size of a fist and weighs between 10 and […]

College of Charleston student Hannah Cramer had no intention of signing up for anything on that sunny day last spring – much less to donate bone marrow. She was merely accompanying her friend who was registering as a potential donor for Be the Match, no more than a brief detour on their way to get […]

Colette Holmes could barely walk. An active person who is used to being always on the go, the constant pain in her knees changed her quality of life. On the advice of friends and family, Colette decided to undergo knee replacement. She chose Dr. John McCrosson of Charleston Hip & Knee Replacement Center, a Roper […]