Cindy Sellers gave her kidney to her ex-husband Jerry on Wednesday, February 24th. The day after surgery, both Jerry and Cindy were recovering with flying colors.
Dr. Chavin and Dr. Baliga, MUSC transplant surgeons update on Cindy and Jerry’s recovery and shares why organ donation is so important.
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Jerry Sellers of Myrtle Beach, SC spent his life coaching high school teenagers. Only months after retiring, he was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, requiring him to spend the last year on dialysis. Fifteen hours a week for more than 52 weeks, Jerry sat in the dialysis center, hoping for a kidney donor. That’s when [...]
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Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are the first in the world to demonstrate the feasibility of a new method of detecting cardiac disease using enhanced computed tomography scanning technology. The findings will be published in the upcoming March / April issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
CT scanners have successfully [...]
MUSC’s Heart & Vascular Center kicked off its annual observance of Heart Month on February 1 with an appearance by cardiologist Dr. Chris Nielsen on WCIV-TV Channel 4’s Lowcountry Live. Dr. Nielsen and two female heart patients discussed prevention of heart disease and how to recognize risk factors and symptoms. They also encouraged support for National [...]
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Stroke patients admitted to the hospital on the weekend appear more likely to receive the clot-dissolving medication tissue plasminogen activator than patients admitted during the week, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, stroke death rates appear similar among weekend and weekday admissions.
“Although hospitals [...]
A study published in the January 8 issue of Science shows how cocaine alters the way the very genes in your brain operate. Understanding this process could eventually lead to new treatments for the 1.4 million Americans with cocaine problems, and millions more around the world. Peter Kalivas, Ph.D., Professor and Research Chair of Neuroscience [...]
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Dr. Jacobo Mintzer’s responds on the latest JAMA study published on December 29th showing that the drug Tarenflurbil does not appear to slow cognitive decline:
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disorder affecting over five million Americans today. The disease robs individuals of the basic intellectual functioning that makes us who we are. Although, the origin of [...]
Dr. U. Joseph Schoepf, professor of radiology and medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, refutes the latest reports in the December 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, on cancer risks from CT scans.
The health-care reform debate is heating up on the Hill and the hordes brawling for [...]
When the National Football League issued its new guidelines on how teams should handle on-the-field concussions, it represented a significant change in the way football players who suffer head injuries are treated. The announcement took on more urgency after five high profile players — Jamal Lewis, DeSean Jackson, Kurt Warner, Ben Roethlisberger and Brodney Pool– [...]
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Ever wondered what hospital life is really like? On November 18, physicians at MUSC Children’s Hospital took members of the South Carolina legislative delegation on a behind-the-scenes look at one of the top children’s hospitals in the country. Legislators shadowed pediatric specialists to see everything from the technology that helps save the hearts [...]
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The Comprehensive Breast Care team at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, strongly opposes the screening mammography recommendations released by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF).
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Veteran’s Day is typically a day spent focusing on the sacrifice made by soldiers in past wars. But this year, a 15-year old Columbia, S.C. girl will remember Veteran’s Day as the time when a current solider saved her life, according to a report by Noelle Phillips at the Columbia State newspaper.
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Michael Cheeks spent 15 years on dialysis waiting for a kidney. A gift from a stranger would change his life forever.
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When Michael Cheeks graduated from high school in 1993, he had a bright future ahead of him. Â He earned a scholarship to play football in North Carolina, but shortly after graduation, he was feeling tired [...]
A neurosurgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina shows how one person can make an impact and bring some of the leading institutions in the world together to empower others.
Tanzania has just three neurosurgeons; a ratio of one per 12.9 million people. The World Health Organization recommends one neurosurgeon for every 100,000 people in order to provide an adequate level of treatment. In the United States there are an estimated 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons.
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A new neurosurgical procedure may prove helpful for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) was found generally safe and provided significant improvement of depressive symptoms in a small group of patients, according to lead researcher Ziad Nahas, M.D. at the Medical University of South Carolina. The data are reported in the on-line issue of Biological Psychiatry.
Read More...New research finds that one out of 12 people who have a stroke will likely soon have another stroke, and one out of four will likely die within one year. MUSC researchers, who led the study, say the findings highlight the vital need for better secondary stroke prevention. The study is published in the February [...]
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