Medical University of South Carolina News

Four hundred fifty: That's about how many periods you can expect in your lifetime.

Although they are quite ugly and confined to a life underground, naked mole rats have at least one attribute that other animals, even humans, might aspire to: They don't get cancer.

M.C. was 16 months old, in the care of South Carolina's Department of Social Services, when doctors and department officials determined the child had an intersex condition-a difference in anatomy that resists typical definitions of female or male-and took it upon themselves to make M.C. a girl.

The company develops drugs for the treatment of children suffering from rare mitochondrial diseases.

The Charleston RiverDogs, the Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees, will host their 14th annual “Kindness Beats Blindness RP Auction” on Saturday, June 29, at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park.

Larry Swilling's months-long quest to find a kidney for his wife has touched hearts around the world, but so far has not yielded a vital organ for the 76-year-old woman.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Clemson University with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and is currently a student at The Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine.

For Bluffton Today Dr. Paul "Mac" Horton, director of Clemson Institute for Economic & Community Development, Karl Kelly, director of Commercialization and Technology Incubation for Clemson's Technology Village and Mayor Lisa Sulka graduated innovator Bill Grand, CEO of NutriFusion.

Thursday night's Colbert Report will be a rerun so that its star, Stephen Colbert, can be with his family after his mother, Lorna Colbert, died Wednesday at the age of 92. This according to Dan Dinello, via Twitter, who has worked with Stephen and whose nephew and son are on staff of the Report.

Several trash buckets dot the Canon Park but cigarette butts are still left on the ground as trash Thursday May 16, 2013.

Work is under way to rebuild the Windsor Green condominiums near Myrtle Beach that were ravaged by a wildfire in March.

There has been a four-fold increase in the number of children and teenagers admitted to hospital for obesity-related conditions in the last decade, doctors in England and Wales warn.

U.S. News & World Report named the Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital one of the top 50 hospitals in the country for children with heart disease, kidney disease and serious digestive disorders.

Despite CrossFit's growing popularity among military fitness facilities - a topic that we covered in a previous article - it has its fair share of opponents.

Gibbs Wiksell and Claire Bogdan – are the recipients of the Pain Specialists of Charleston 2013 “Giving BACK” Scholarship.

Each day, Dartblog and its team of alumni and students bring you news and commentary from Hanover and the world at large.

Last Tuesday, Sullivan's Island Elementary School was buzzing with activities from dry land surfing lessons, Zumba and yoga to lessons on dental hygiene and heart health.

Officials with the North Charleston Fire Department say a firefighter struck by an alleged drunk driver, who police say injured several other people, remains in the hospital.

A fire broke out about 1:30 p.m. today at an apartment building in downtown Charleston, triggering a massive firefighting response and sending dozens of frightened residents into the streets.

The Community Foundation Scholarship Program has announced the 2013-2014 scholarship recipients.