January 16, 2009 RSS feed / News

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Hypothermia used for heart patients

By Jackie Perrone jacper@bellsouth.net
One Midlands resident has a warm feeling toward some cold treatment. She was the first patient to benefit from Lexington County's revolutionary new heart treatment, called Therapeutic Hypothermia. More...

Changes take place at The Columbia Star

By Pamela Edwards pamedwardse@sc.rr.com

Mimi M. Maddock became the fourth person to hold the position of publisher at The Columbia Star since its founding 46 years ago. Warner M. More...

Writing to survive

By Amelia Coonrod

I weighed two pounds, one ounce when I was born. I was born three months premature. My hand wrapped around onethird of my mother's pinkie. Both my lungs burst on the first day. At age nine, doctors cut, untwisted, and pinned my femurs. More...

Brain surgery without a knife

Contributed by Palmetto Health Richland

Brain surgery without a knife. It's not only possible, but it's the safest alternative to whole brain radiation and surgery. More...


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