USC coach and Aflac bring smiles to sickle cell patients at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital
The duck helps comfort children going through cancer or sickle cell treatment.
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Beat the Summer heat with tips from Prisma Health
Summer officially arrives on Thursday, and with the season comes high temperatures.
Preparing for your summer hiking expedition — local doctor gives safety tips on emergency prevention
Dr. Stanley Hassinger, the Director of Prisma Health of the Midlands’s Wilderness Medicine Program, says having a discussion with your hiking buddies regarding comfort levels and medical conditions within the group is a great place to start.
Prisma Health’s Camp Kemo celebrates 45th anniversary
This week families and kids fighting cancer have the chance to have some fun and de-stress.
Prisma Health celebrates brave individuals on National Trauma Survivors Day
“Just because someone has a brain injury doesn’t mean that something is wrong with them,” said trauma survivor Evan McWilliams.
USC expands its Brain Health Network with new clinic in Sumter
The University of South Carolina is opening a Brain Health Clinic inside of Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital on North Sumter Street.
Prisma Health breaks ground on new Northeast Columbia Medical Park
Michael Bundy, the CEO of the Prisma Health Midlands Market, says the new 134,000-square-foot facility will include four operating rooms, 110 examination rooms, an outpatient pharmacy for easier access to medication for patients, and more.
Prisma Health offers free screenings for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month
To raise awareness for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, Prisma Health is offering free screenings.
Prisma Health doctors stress eye safety during April 8th’s solar eclipse
“First of all you don’t notice any pain. There are no pain fibers in the retina. So you’re getting this tremendous damage to your eyes if you’re looking at that sun unprotected, and you don’t even know it’s happening because it doesn’t hurt, but the damage can be profound. And then over the course of minutes to hours to even a few days, then the visual effects become apparent,” White says.
The importance of adequate sleep — Prisma Health specialists weigh in
“Whether it’s your cortisol or things linked to diabetes, your blood pressure, important things happen at night and your body needs time to reset. So if you’re not sleeping, the things you see during the daytime like high blood pressure or diabetes could be related to the fact that you’re not sleeping at night,” Dr. Rutherford says.
