A lot has happened in the last year in women’s health.
In October of 2009, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Gardasil®, was approved for males between the ages of 9 to 26. In November, mammography guidelines, which differ from the American Cancer Society’s, created confusion among women and physicians alike. Then, on the heels [...]
Maggie Thompson used to work for March of Dimes, never thinking that she would have twins born that needed complex medical care. In the video below, Maggie shares her story about how March of Dimes and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) made it possible for her newborns to lead a normal, healthy [...]
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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 [...]
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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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 is hosting a Spring Botox Clinic on March 5th and March 6th for women who want real, noticeable results with no surgery and no recovery time. MUSC’s facial plastic surgeons perform all procedures. $200 per facial area. Call 843-792-3531 for an appointment
Friday, March 5, 2010
1:00pm – 3:40pm
University ENT Associates
1280 Johnnie Dodds Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, SC [...]
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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It was Sunday night, November 23, 2008, when I received the phone call that a liver had become available. My wife, Sarah, and I were prepared. We had been through this routine before and our bags were already packed. Once I got off of the phone, we headed to the Medical University of South Carolina.
After [...]
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 [...]
Read More...James Burrell of Columbia received an unexpected and extraordinary gift this Christmas: his life. After crashing on a remote stretch of I-26 near Ridgeville, Burrell’s company van went off the road and into a wooded area, where it caught fire. At that precise moment, MUSC Meducare EMT Brian Libby and his partner Robert Kipps happened [...]
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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 [...]
Woody, Lexie, Lola and Chai are just a few of the therapy dogs that volunteer their time on a weekly basis visiting children in the MUSC Children’s Hospital. MUSC’s therapy dogs are required to have special training to work with children, but these therapy dogs take their holiday duties seriously. Dressed in costumes ranging [...]
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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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Women with risk factors for heart disease are among several new groups of patients who will benefit from new cardiac imaging technology now available at the Medical University of South Carolina.
The Flash Dual Source CT scanner, developed by Siemens, represents a significant advance in heart imaging because it can scan the entire chest area in [...]
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