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More than 200 people packed into a ballroom at the Francis Marion Hotel in downtown Charleston on Thursday night to say thank you to the volunteers, first responders, physicians and health care professionals for work that often goes unrecognized.
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Missing infant found alive, safe
A missing one-month-old baby taken from his mother's car outside a post office in North Charleston has been found alive, according to police.
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The Coast Guard and local rescue crews rescued an injured boater from a 34-foot catamaran following a collision with the Charleston Harbor North Jetty Sunday morning.
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American Diabetes Association Convenes 3rd Annual Disparities Conference
The American Diabetes Association, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, is bringing together community leaders from around the country for a two-day meeting to discuss major challenges, and to share 'promising practices' to address health disparities faced by minority populations when it comes to the ...
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Cancer screenings under scrutiny
Video: What's a woman to do? Pap tests detect pre-cancerous cells that could take 10 to 20 years to develop into cancer.
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Panel says no need for annual Pap tests
Women don't need a Pap test until they're 21, and most don't need tests every year, according to new advice from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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Body Found In York County Park Identified
York County authorities have identified the burned body of a woman found in a park near the state line on Sunday.
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Defendant says he was trying to help, not harm his baby
The man accused of killing his five-week-old daughter took the stand in his trial Tuesday.
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Woman's badly burned body found in Kings Mountain State Park identified
York County, SC: The York County Sheriff's Office and the York County Coroner's Office have identified the badly burned body found in Kings Mountain State Park.
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Exergen TemporalScanner Effective In Detecting Fevers In Children Aged 1 - 4 Years, Study Finds
"Temporal artery thermometry is an effective screening tool in identifying fever in children one to four years of age," according to a recent study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics .
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A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.
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Police have 'person of interest' in mother-son slaying in Dale
The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the shooting deaths Sunday of Jeanine Mullen, 34, and her 4-year-old son in their Dale home, while family, friends and co-workers plan memorial services.
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Group makes portraits for breast cancer survivors
When Renda Ayscue's older sister, Rhonda, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, the world changed.
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Prosecutors finish their case in infant's death
Prosecutors have finished their case against an Ohio man accused in the 2007 death of his 5-week-old daughter while in Myrtle Beach.
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Defense calls first witness in homicide by child abuse case
The defense called its first witness Friday in the trial of a man accused in the death of his infant daughter.
Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Myrtle Beach, SC, Myrtle Beach Metro, University of South Carolina
Prosecutors finish case in infant death trial
Prosecutors finished their case against an Ohio man accused in the 2007 death of his 5-week-old daughter while on vacation in Myrtle Beach.
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Doctor: Baby's injuries appear to be shaken baby syndrome
The prosecution continued building the case against Miles Ferguson on Thursday. Ferguson is charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of his 5-week-old daughter Mylee.
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Child abuse advocacy group conducting study
Hope Haven of the Lowcountry, the children's advocacy and rape crisis center for Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Allendale counties, is collaborating with the Medical University of South Carolina to conduct an evaluation of a child sexual abuse prevention workshop.
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3 killed, 5 hurt in SC shooting
A South Carolina coroner says three people -- including a toddler -- are dead and at least five more have been hurt in a drive-by shooting in a town about 40 miles west of Charleston.
Related Topix: Violent Crime, Charleston, SC, Walterboro, SC, Colleton County, SC
The H1N1 pandemic appears to be leveling off and so far is no more deadly than seasonal flu and perhaps less so, according to Dr.
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