Summer has officially arrived, bringing temperatures in the 90s to parts of South Carolina. While summer offers plenty of opportunities for outdoor fun, the extreme heat and increased activity levels can also lead to a rise in unintentional injuries and health issues. By being prepared and aware of common summerContinue Reading

I like to talk about what I call loving lies, therapists call it therapeutic fibbing, but whatever you call it, not telling the “truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” is often the best thing for your loved one diagnosed with dementia. You want to spare your lovedContinue Reading

By Eileen Renders Although we all have very intricate and delicate systems within our bodies, and can therefore react differently to various external stimuli, for many of us, pain can cause a rise in our blood pressure. It certainly has been documented in my own body, however that is notContinue Reading

Columbia, SC – The Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc. (MIRCI), a local nonprofit dedicated to supporting individuals with severe mental illness and housing instability, has announced a major consolidation of its facilities. The organization has now centralized all its services at a new location, 2750 Laurel Street, marking a significantContinue Reading

By Eileen Renders Realizing that we all want to protect our immune system, perhaps we might want to consider how we can become more knowledgeable, and proactive in accomplishing the task. What we need to know about our immune system, and how we can better protect it is surely aContinue Reading

By Eileen Renders Because there is so much information regarding this genetic disease, I will need to offer the most important facts associated with recognizing the symptoms and how it is treated. Charco-Marie-Tooth or CMT is named after the doctor who discovered it. It is a peripheral nerve disorder thatContinue Reading

Dara Brown and Sylvia Flint, senior community health coordinator and project coordinator respectively at the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center’s (BLEC) Diabetes Intervention Program (DIP) for Families, recently shared their research findings at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing Research and Scholarship Day. Their study titled “Impacting Diabetes Education: BringingContinue Reading