SC’s only medical toxicology clinic counters risks of commonplace substances
It’s a scenario virtually every parent has faced at some point: they know or suspect their child has ingested something poisonous or toxic and need to act quickly.
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Greenville Shriners Children’s improves pediatric gait care with digital network
Motion analysis is a technology that uses data to help analyze how a child walks and moves.
USC breaks ground on new School of Medicine in Columbia
The facility is expected to be completed in August 2027.
AnMed, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County partner to build home
The “panel build” will involve about 75 AnMed employees who will join Habitat staff and volunteers to frame the entire home and raise its walls at that location.
Bon Secours breaks ground on new Five Forks emergency room
The Five Forks area of Simpsonville will soon have a new Bon Secours St. Francis Health System emergency department.
New Prisma facility will triple outpatient behavioral health services
The Pavilion will offer outpatient therapy options that will ultimately include five specialty day-treatment programs.
Remote Area Medical to host free health care clinic in Greenville
Community members can visit the clinic to receive free dental, vision and medical care.
Prisma Health, Bon Secours implement visitor restrictions for flu season
Both health care systems recommend visitors wear masks when visiting patients.
Rabies: The preventable, treatable disease you most want to avoid
The disease remains a threat to people nearly 140 years after French scientist Louis Pasteur and his team developed a vaccine in 1885.
AnMed announces partnership with Elite Integrated Therapy Centers
The new partnership – under the name AnMed Integrated Therapy – was launched on Jan. 2.
2024 rewind: Community, nonprofit and health
Here’s a look back on some community, nonprofit and health highlights from 2024.
Bon Secours St. Francis announces appointment of four new board members
Dr. Ahmad Boota, Kimberly Cooley, Paola Rogers and Carl S. Sobocinksi were appointed to serve on the 16-person board of directors, beginning in 2025.
St. Baldrick’s Foundation awards $50K grant to Bon Secours St. Francis Cancer Center
The funds will be used to pay for a full-time clinical research nurse coordinator, devoted to patients in the facility’s Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Care program.
Prisma Health-Upstate Foundation launches OneDay campaign
Prisma Health-Upstate Foundation’s OneDay campaign will include a year-long series of events and activities to raise funding for the new hospital.
Life engagement at the core of Hilltop of Greenville Memory Care’s routine
Hilltop’s Life Engagement Director, Jenna Teague, said a carefully planned, collaborative, life-engagement program is at the core of Hilltop’s care routine.