BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Roper St. Francis celebrated the groundbreaking of its future Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital and medical office building with a Blessing of the Land ceremony on Thursday night. Roper St. Francis began clearing trees on the site in May. Construction will take place on the hospital’s  90-acre campus at Carnes Crossroads, where Highway 17A and 176 intersect. The […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–It’s a startling number. Lifetime occurrence of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat veterans is estimated to be around 10 – 30%. In the past year alone, the number of diagnosed cases in the military has jumped 50% – and that’s just diagnosed cases. To raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder, the Columbia-based non-profit Project Josiah recently organized […]
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–On Saturday, May 6th, local residents will join together at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Lower Berkeley at Stratford High School to raise funds and awareness in an effort to free the world from the pain and suffering of cancer. The event starts at noon and continue until midnight. Founded by Dr. Gordy Klatt in […]
MONCKS CORNER, S.C.– On Friday, April 21st, local residents will join together at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Moncks Corner at Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex to raise funds and awareness in an effort to free the world from the pain and suffering of cancer. The event starts at 5 p.m., with the Cancer Survivor lap and […]
SUMMERVILLE, S.C.–Summerville Medical Center broke ground Tuesday on their $53 million, 30-bed expansion, the first step in the women’s and children’s consolidation project. The project marks the largest in the hospital’s history. “We’re proud to have called Summerville home for the past 27 years,” said Summerville Medical Center CEO Lisa Valentine. “With today’s groundbreaking we look forward to the next […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.– O2 Fitness Clubs will offer a free weekend of fitness February 24-26 to celebrate and promote Lowcountry heart health during American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among American men and women – and is responsible for nearly a quarter of all deaths in South Carolina, including more than 10,000 in 2015 alone. […]
The New Year offers the perfect opportunity for tobacco users to quit and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is helping tobacco users kick the habit, for good. No matter what stage of the quit process you are in the South Carolina Tobacco Quitline can help. “It’s never too late to quit smoking or using tobacco because […]
The Roper St. Francis Express Care on University Boulevard in North Charleston also opened to the public on Monday, Dec. 12. This is the fourth Roper St. Francis Express Care to open in the Lowcountry. Express Cares are open seven days each week for walk-in appointments and offer on-site labs and X-rays. Six advanced practitioners and three physicians will serve patients at […]
SUMMERVILLE, S.C.–Summerville’s Jarinthia Ellis recently became the area’s first patient to undergo a gastric sleeve procedure using the da Vinci robot. The gastric sleeve, or sleeve gastrectomy, is a weight loss surgery that involves removal of a portion of the stomach, leaving only a thin vertical sleeve. Surgeon Michael Michel, MD, from Coastal Carolina Bariatric and Surgical Center at Summerville […]
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Some 8th graders at Berkeley Middle School have come to the aid of a fellow student fighting for his life. On November 1st, students held a pizza fundraiser for fellow classmate, Nathan Brumbaugh. The 14-year-old suffers from a rare, life-threatening brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). He was diagnosed with the tumor in August. DIPG is a type of childhood brain tumor […]
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