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Blog Tagged: health

  • A Concerted Effort to Reduce Diabetes in the Lowcountry
    Jan 19, 2021

    As we have documented previously, diabetes is a rampant and preventable scourge in South Carolina, affecting the daily lives of half a million adults and dramatically increasing their mortality risk. Recent research suggests that type II diabetes – i.e., diabetes with adult onset – is significantly less associated with genetics than with lifestyle.

  • Adding to Successful Efforts to Reduce Diabetes in the Lowcountry
    Jan 7, 2021

    Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in South Carolina, a top 10 state for the disease with more than half a million adult sufferers. Diabetes increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, and even death. And it is largely preventable.

  • Now More Than Ever, You Need a Flu Vaccine
    Dec 15, 2020

    This year, with the coronavirus racing across our continent, it is doubly important to get your flu shot as soon as possible. It is painless and inexpensive; in fact, many employers and other organizations provide them for free.

  • Charleston’s Healthy Business Challenge Makes Us All Feel Better
    Oct 28, 2020

    These kinds of stories are legion at companies that have joined the Charleston Healthy Business Challenge, a collaborative program of MUSC, and the City of Charleston, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina and offered for free to businesses throughout the Lowcountry.

  • The Effort to Address Health Disparities in the Lowcountry
    Sep 17, 2020

    Healthy Tri-county has conducted several community health audits and found that disparities tear at the fabric of health within the Lowcountry.

  • Expanding Access to Lower Maternal Morbidity
    Sep 1, 2020

    The Tri-County Health Improvement Plan emerged. Maternal, infant and child health is one of five areas of priority.

  • The Rise of Community Baby Showers
    Jul 17, 2019

    The U.S. is the most expensive country in which to deliver and raise a baby. A 2013 study estimated that it cost a minimum of $30,000 to give birth in a hospital and $10,000 for a family with modest means to raise a child in their first year. Moreover, an infant mortality rate in South…

  • The News About Cell Phones is Worse Than You Thought
    Mar 19, 2019

    As of 2015, 91 percent of American adults and 60 percent of teens owned a cell phone. The average person spends two-and-a-half hours a day using their phone and 80% of us check our phones within 15 minutes of waking.

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