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Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen are well-known for their regular appearances on "Oprah" and the Discovery Health Channel and are the authors of the best-sellers "YOU: The Owner's Manual" and "YOU: On a Diet."

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David Quick's Column

The Italian connection: Farro piccolo, an ancient wheat grain from Italy, returns to the Lowcountry

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:01 a.m.
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It was early in the morning when we went to hand-thresh wheat from a field just off Savannah Highway. The stalks were easily...

Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter’s death

By JOHN CARUCCI
Associated Press
Monday, June 3, 2013 5:18 p.m.
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NEW YORK — Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional, not because of his...

Cancer Society hits 100 as US cancer rate falls

By MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
Monday, June 3, 2013 5:18 p.m.
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NEW YORK — The American Cancer Society, one of the nation’s best-known and...

Tackle diet and exercise head-on

By Drs. Oz and Roizen
Monday, June 3, 2013 7:32 p.m.
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Ready to lose weight and get healthy? From Day One, choosing the right strategy can boost the odds you'll lose weight and keep it...

Goodwin Elementary is top wellness school in Charleston County School District this year

By David Quick
Monday, June 3, 2013 7:34 p.m.
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Creating an environment of wellness in schools involves a mix of easy and hard tasks, says a representative of the...

Grad who was injured in ATV wreck never lets go of dreams, graduates from Summerville High

By Glenn Smith
Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:56 p.m.
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Science teacher Tom Powell plans to hang a poster-sized photo from this year’s graduation on the wall of his classroom at...

Cross teen’s strong will helps mom through emergency

By Brenda Rindge
Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:56 p.m.
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Driving down U.S. Highway 78 toward Summerville on a recent afternoon, Cheryl Williams knew something wasn’t right.

Charleston-area businesses prepare for 'Obamacare' rollout in 2014

By Lauren Sausser
Sunday, June 2, 2013 11:15 p.m.
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When the Affordable Care Act was signed into federal law three years ago, 2014 seemed a long way off.

Lost Among Us: Mentally ill languish in ERs awaiting scarce psychiatric hospital beds

By Jennifer Berry Hawes
Saturday, June 1, 2013 11:21 p.m.
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Nurses, doctors and other staff bustle around a claustrophobic, U-shaped pod, weaving past hospital beds and carts that line the...

Psychiatrist Dr. Elliott Levy wears many hats to serve the mentally ill

By Jennifer Berry Hawes
Friday, May 31, 2013 8:19 p.m.
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There are calls that psychiatrist Dr. Elliott Levy won’t ever forget.

Decontaminating patients cuts hospital infections

By LINDSEY TANNER
Associated Press
Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:40 a.m.
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CHICAGO — Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by...

DHEC asks 500 Tri-County Spinal Care Center patients to be tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV

By Lauren Sausser
Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:11 a.m.
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Anyone who received injections at the Tri-County Spinal Care Center should be tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the...

Swimmers and wahines to hit the water this weekend

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:24 a.m.
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For several years, Lowcountry Splash organizer Mark Rutledge has talked about adding a longer swim to the usual 2.4-mile,...

Implanted magnetic ring offers relief to chronic heartburn sufferers

By David Quick
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:06 a.m.
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For the first time since his teenage years, 75-year-old Maxie Inman isn’t having heartburn.

Smart food for heart

Monday, May 27, 2013 3:08 p.m.
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If you’re among the one in three North Americans walking around with higher-than-healthy levels of lousy LDL cholesterol...

Swimmer Cullen Jones on the road for water safety

By LEANNE ITALIE
Associated Press
Monday, May 27, 2013 3:04 p.m.
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NEW YORK — In Beijing and London, U.S. Olympian Cullen Jones was fierce in the water,...