Articles from the current issue of HealthLinks Magazine.
How Your Mind’s Stress Shows Up in Your Gut By Jenny Peterson If stress or anxiety has ever sent you reaching for the Tums, you’re far from alone. The gut-brain connection is a very real interaction with sensitivity between your central nervous system and your entire gastrointestinal tract. “Stress heightens the response to normal digestive … Read more
Moving Day 2026 aims to raise $85,000 to support Parkinson’s research, programs and services By Jenny Peterson A Parkinson’s disease diagnosis is a progressive reality. Because symptoms often emerge gradually, the earliest signs can be easy to overcome or dismiss. Yet, research continues to back up what many people living with Parkinson’s already know: staying … Read more
Why do some people develop allergies later in life? By Colby Denton Spring has sprung, and with it, allergy season has begun. But what if you only started developing symptoms later in life after going allergy-free for years? New research is showing that age-related immune system changes may play a key factor in new sensitivities … Read more
What ketamine treatment is — and who it’s for By Jenny Peterson The billboards across Charleston are hard to miss. Clean, clinical, and featuring a word that still feels loaded: ketamine. The name alone raises questions: What is it? Is it safe? And who is it meant to help? The answers aren’t found along the … Read more
Body dysmorphia took over her life, then hypnosis saved her By Sara Novak Jamie Curnett, 44, of Mount Pleasant, can’t remember a time that she wasn’t obsessing about her weight. As a child, she was curvy, not the stringbean she aspired to be. She remembers one friend criticizing her shapely backside. And as a result, … Read more
Healing from Toxic Relationships By Jenny Peterson Ask anyone healing from an abusive or toxic relationship, and one word comes up again and again: confusion. Not just heartbreak — confusion. It’s the kind of relationship built on emotional inconsistency, a lack of accountability, blame-shifting and a slow erosion of one person’s sense of self. Over … Read more