Your Health

Sebelius: Stick with advice of American Cancer Society

WASHINGTON -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation two days earlier. Read More

Body of info on he, she

Findings show health can depend on gender

The latest dispatch from the frontiers of science is that when it comes to treating your body right, sex really matters. We're talking about X and Y chromosomes, nothing X-rated. Read More

CSAs great way to get veggies

One of the hardest healthy eating goals to accomplish, I think it's safe to say, is consuming five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day, especially the vegetables part. Read More

College rivalry draws blood

With the biggest rivalry game in the Palmetto State 11 days away, Clemson and Carolina fans will battle in another way: by donating blood. Read More

DVT more common than you think

Two leaders at Roper with first-hand knowledge of how deep-vein thrombosis can be fatal, raise local awareness

As the holidays approach, many of us will be cooped up in planes, trains and automobiles for hours on end. If you dread the aches and pains in your backside, you're not alone. Read More

Actress Phillips to receive Darkness to Light award

A former child star who this year disclosed that she was the victim of incest will be in town this week to draw attention to child sexual abuse. Read More

Yum or yuck may be all a question of taste

Everybody talks about the taste of great food. But hardly anyone talks about the tongue and nose that make tasting possible. That's a shame. Without them, the wonderful world of cooking and eating would be flavorless. Read More

Marine donates kidney to 15-year-old

A life fraught with medical issues expected to improve with transplant

Maybe it was Cpl. Ryan Fackey's natural inclination to give away almost anything. Maybe it was his service as a U.S. Marine in Iraq, where he saw countless children who had lived much harder lives than his. Read More

Kidney risks found

Angioplasty could be error, study says

If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective and carries surprisingly big risks, a study found. Read More

Swine flu clinics

Additional H1N1 clinics have been added through the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Read More

Blog on running kicks off

Post and Courier site seeks your comments

To paraphrase a "Saturday Night Live" skit, "running (not "beisbol") has been berry, berry good to me." Read More

Free diabetic eye exams offered

The Vision Center at Seaside Farms in Mount Pleasant is teaming up with the Dream Center Clinic to put on a Diabetes Awareness Day 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 18 to provide free diabetic eye exams. Read More

Harvard releases H1N1 vaccine poll

In a new survey, Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that just 40 percent of adults are "absolutely certain" they will get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves and that 51 percent of parents are "absolutely certain" that they will get the vaccine for their children. Read More

Giving back a life

Individuals can register donor consent through Web site or state DMV

It can feel like life on death row, except without having committed a heinous crime. Just ask Sharon Kearns. Read More

Tips to fight aging

Your everyday decisions can affect how young your telomeres remain

The real secret to keeping your body young may be the tips of your shoelaces. Or, really, tiny parts of your body that act like them. Just as those plastic nibs keep your shoelaces from fraying, tiny cellular tips called telomeres protect your DNA from fraying when cells divide. When they're tattered, they're much harder to use. That's what causes cells to stop dividing and growing and replenishing your body, which means more aging for you. Read More