Articles from the current issue of HealthLinks Magazine.
Lowcountry Gastroenterology has been serving the Charleston area even longer than Novant Health. Working together, the two entities now offer patients high-quality medical care from well-respected providers. Dr. Joshua Watson has been with Lowcountry Gastroenterology for a decade. He was born in Florence and went to medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina. … Read more
It’s widely-known that those experiencing homelessness or those in need of financial assistance benefit from food and clothing donations. What’s often less realized is the need for feminine hygiene products, a necessary and recurring monthly expense for women and girls. Since 2018, the nonprofit Lowcountry Period Pixies has been addressing this need, distributing 37,000 feminine … Read more
For Charleston resident and cancer survivor Roger Jones, his journey to beat a rare form of the disease ultimately led him to embark on several overseas trips to Germany to receive a novel treatment not yet approved in the United States. Jones was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in 2005. It started in his small intestine … Read more
I love my master. Wait. Let me start over. Master is an inappropriate term on so many levels, so I’ll put it this way: I have great admiration for that guy who feeds me three times a day and pitches me a few treats in between and had the foresight to provide for me three … Read more
One day in the mid-1980s, while living in an apartment complex in Philadelphia, West Virginia native Harold Moore had to make a run for it because of a sudden fire in a garbage chute. When the crisis was over, he found that his pet cat had suffered from smoke inhalation. The trip to the veterinarian … Read more
While growing up in the 1970s in Taylors, South Carolina, Louie Lewis remembers one item in particular: playing. “It’s something we all did,” he said. “Whether we were in school, cutting grass during the summer, going to church or visiting relatives, play was almost always top of mind – but I don’t get to do … Read more