Medical University of South Carolina News

A South Carolina coroner says three people -- including a toddler -- are dead and at least five more have been hurt in a drive-by shooting in a town about 40 miles west of Charleston.

The H1N1 pandemic appears to be leveling off and so far is no more deadly than seasonal flu and perhaps less so, according to Dr.

Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.

Whether to wear an Afro, braids, dreadlocks, perm or weave, usually a discussion limited to black women, is getting broader discussion because of Andrews native Chris Rock's documentary, "Good Hair," which opened nationwide last week.

Russell L. Blaylock , MD is a retired neurosurgeon and author. He has stated that certain food additives such as aspartame and MSG are excitotoxic and that the H1N1 influenza vaccine carries more risk than the viral infection itself.

A local high school student was killed Monday morning when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a school bus near S.C. 31 and Robert Grissom Parkway in the Myrtle Beach section of Horry County.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Clemson University professor Maria Mayorga and Medical University of South Carolina professor Kelly Hunt a $735,000 grant to study the effects of a mother's obesity and diabetes on infant health in certain ethnic groups.

The Wednesday death of an Aiken nurse appears to be the first documented fatality in Aiken County being linked to the H1N1 virus, according to officials.

A Medical University of South Carolina psychiatrist has been arrested on prescription drug charges after a raid at an adult entertainment club.

Dr. Tracy Cordray is a plastic surgeon specializing in breast surgery, microsurgery, as well as other plastic surgery procedures.

" A University of Pittsburgh study sheds new light on the relationship between race, body weight and sexual behavior among adolescent girls.

A Medical University of South Carolina psychiatrist has been arrested on prescription drug charges after a raid at an adult entertainment club.

In the battle against obesity, doctors and patients are short on weapons. Reinforcements may be on the way for the fight against the belly bulge.

Dr. James C. Kessler, current chair of the Division of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Oklahoma, has been named the new chairman of the Pankey Institute's Department of Education.

From the Division of Preventive Medicine , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala; Ralph H. Johnson Veterans' Affairs Medical Center , Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.; Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston, S.C. Correspondence to Stephen P. Glasser, Division of Preventive ...

The reversal appears to lessen the cravings associated with cocaine, thus providing protection against relapse.

Students and staff leaving school Wednesday found an unwelcome visitor: an alligator.

From the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Department of Medicine , Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass; the Department of Neurosciences , Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; the Cardiology Division , University of Colorado Denver, Aurora.

South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford is making her first official public appearance since separating from Gov.

Health Sciences South Carolina, a collaboration of universities and delivery systems, has selected two vendors to build an integrated platform for research.