Medical University of South Carolina News Archives

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.

Horry County Police Officer Marcus Rhodes did nothing wrong in the shooting of a special needs student at Carolina Forest High School on Friday, an official said.

A recent alligator attack on Fripp Island underscores the potential for danger any time humans tread near the reptiles' domain.

Sixteen-year-old Trevor Varinecz was a junior at Carolina Forest High School, a teen with Asperger's Syndrome, and a son and friend - not, say those who knew him, a villain.

From WMBF : Teal Britton, spokeswoman for Horry County Schools, said Trevor Varinecz, asked to speak to the student resource officer in his office and a fight between the two ensued.

Surgeons say it is unlikely doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston successfully reattached the arm of a 77-year-old Ohio man attacked by an alligator last week while playing golf on Fripp Island.

The line of parents at Carolina Forest High School extends down the road Friday morning.

Clemson University has been awarded a $9 million federal grant to establish a center for tissue regeneration research.

First Lady Jenny Sanford's office today said she will take part Saturday in the 16th annual Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure in Charleston.

An Orlando physician who carried a $189 million winning Powerball ticket around in his wallet for days before having a friend check the numbers claimed the prize in Tallahassee early this afternoon.

In an Oct. 7 story about seasonal flu vaccines, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Medical University of South Carolina destroyed more than 10,000 vaccines that were frozen.

A day after they charged the child's stepmother with homicide by child abuse, county authorities await autopsy results to determine exactly what killed 4-year-old Giselle Laurent of Beaufort last week.

Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation 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.

Florence County Coroner Bubba Matthews says the woman who was found dead in the trunk of her car early Tuesday morning is 48-year-old Laura Creel of Florence.

A South Carolina woman has been charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of her 4-year-old stepdaughter.

A county airport weather system has been repaired after it was not working when a medical helicopter crashed in South Carolina, killing three crew members.

Dr. Gibson is associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

A 77-year-old man lost his arm below the elbow Thursday when he was attacked by an alligator while playing golf on Fripp Island.

A preliminary report on a fatal helicopter crash says that pieces of broken equipment indicate overload before the crash.

Officials from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston have yet to say whether surgeons there were successful in reattaching the arm of a 77-year-old man attacked Thursday by an alligator while golfing on Fripp Island.

For as long as Kerry Friesen and her husband, Rick, have lived on Fripp Island, alligators have been a regular sight near lagoons on the island's two private golf courses.

Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer's arm as he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course.The man, who is in his 70s, was retrieving his ball from a pond when the 10-foot alligator bit him at Ocean Creek Golf Course in Beaufort County.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Thursday it bought worldwide marketing rights to an antibiotic that is being developed to treat infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, potentially including the "superbug" MRSA.

South University plans to open a new pharmacy school next year that will be housed in a yet-to-be constructed 26,000-square-foot building adjacent to its current facility near Farrow Road and Interstate 77.

The Medical University of South Carolina has destroyed more than 10,000 doses of the seasonal flu vaccine after they were frozen during shipment.

Thousands of doses of seasonal flu vaccine headed to the Medical University of South Carolina were destroyed Wednesday after they were accidentally frozen.

The University of South Carolina's Center for Healthcare Quality has been awarded a $4.8 million federal grant to establish a statewide, Internet-based network for seriously ill patients looking for help through clinical trials.

More than 1,500 people attended a service for three medical helicopter crew members killed in a crash near the South Carolina coast.

By some estimates, at least 44,000 people die each year in this country due to medical error.

In June, First Student Inc. and the Beaufort County School District settled a lawsuit for $20,000 that had been filed by the mother of a former Robert Smalls Middle School student who was struck in the face by another student while riding a school bus in 2006.

An anthropologist told police Wednesday that ones found in a wooded area of Conway the day before are human, according to Sgt.

An anthropologist told police Wednesday that ones found in a wooded area of Conway the day before are human, according to Sgt.