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Health

Jul 13, 2022

Land conservation expected to save utility millions

When the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust's first project was completed the acquisition of 170 acres added to Jones Gap State Park one partner was an outlier from the typical conservation lineup

Jul 12, 2022

Healthy Business Challenge expands to Upstate

An organization focused on the wellbeing of South Carolina's workforce has expanded to the Upstate. The South Carolina Healthy Business Challenge officially launched the Upstate Region of a statewide program developed to assist

Jul 8, 2022

Clemson partners with Curio Wellness for cannabis tissue research

The Clemson University College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences is working with Curio Wellness to conduct a two-year research project to advance plant tissue science for the medical cannabis industry.

Jun 30, 2022

Bon Secours, Compass Surgical plan Millennium Surgery Center

Bon Secours and Compass Surgical Partners have announced plans for a new Millennium Surgery Center. It will offer orthopedic, spine and ENT procedures, along with robotic outpatient joint procedures. Historically, 100% of these surgeries

Jun 10, 2022

Clemson awarded $3.2M to develop blood test for Alzheimer’s

Clemson University is seeking healthy older adults to volunteer for a study called Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training. This study examines whether computerized brain training exercises can reduce the risk of cognitive

Jun 9, 2022

Buy American Act changes enhance reshoring trend

Some South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October. Local industries are

Jun 8, 2022

Bon Secours debuts Neuroscience Institute

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System celebrated the debut of the Diane Collins Neuroscience Institute over the weekend, a new center that allows patients to receive various, and sometimes all, aspects of their individualized neurologica

May 24, 2022

Five legal considerations for starting a medical spa

A number of health care professionals are shifting away from traditional medicine toward alternative services like medical spas in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd shareholder Megan Riordan shares some pointers

May 20, 2022

Health care leaders receive highest civilian award

An academic trailblazer and Vietnam War veteran both received the Order of the Palmetto from Gov. Henry McMaster. Prisma Health's

May 16, 2022

Prisma Health takes services into rural hospital void

Three rural hospitals have closed over the past decade in the state in Barnwell, Bamberg and Winnsboro, while 10 suffer from negative total profit margins of up to minus 43%. Prisma Health seeks to bridge the gap in rural care by

May 9, 2022

Life science app Rad Lab offers in-game, real life incentives

The free game allows students to try a number of jobs on for size and level up through a variety of challenges such as testing new medicines, obtaining Food and Drug Administration approval and making

May 3, 2022

Simpsonville startup gains $10M in seed funding

An $10 million funding round will help a Simpsonville biotech company advance the development of a therapy that it says can make damaged tissue