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What ketamine treatment is â and who itâs 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 arenât found along the … 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 â confusion. Itâs the kind of relationship built on emotional inconsistency, a lack of accountability, blame-shifting and a slow erosion of one personâs sense of self. Over … Read more
Talking to kids about divorce By Jenny Peterson Few conversations feel heavier for a parent than telling a child their family is changing. No matter how common divorce has become, hearing âMom and Dad are getting divorcedâ can feel like the ground shifting beneath a childâs feet. Even with books, TV shows and open conversations … Read more
Why are so many Black mothers dying from pregnancy-related complications? By Jenny Peterson Itâs a question that echoes through OB-GYN offices across the country, surfacing in quiet waiting rooms and lingering long after appointments end. Why are so many Black mothers dying during childbirth and in the year after from pregnancy-related complications? The answer, despite … Read more
By D.J. Thatcher, RN, NRP May is Stroke Awareness Month â hereâs the latest science, smart prevention strategies and simple habits that can lower your risk A stroke is a brain attack, in which blood flow to the brain stops or bursts, resulting in death of brain cells and, potentially, permanent neurological deficits such as … Read more