Tom Corwin
Science and Medicine Reporter at The Augusta Chronicle
Contributor at Post and Courier
Tom Corwin covers Health for the Post and Courier in Charleston because he can't get a real job.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Tom Corwin
SUMMERVILLE — Bobby Brennick, a former New York Police Department officer, was enjoying retirement in South Carolina, golfing most days and keeping active in the gym. But in late summer of 2021, if he ate even a small amount of food it triggered something in him. “He said, ‘I feel like I just ate all of Thanksgiving and the trimmings,’ “ said his wife, Caroline.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Tom Corwin
Anthony Cannella had twice faced down a rare and aggressive cancer only to see it come back a number of years later. The third time might be the charm for him after he received a refined therapy that trains his own immune cells to attack his particular lymphoma, but without much of the harsh side effects that can limit its effectiveness.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Tom Corwin
A radical new orbit over the Earth's poles by a SpaceX mission is also an opportunity for a space medicine expert in South Carolina to study crucial health effects on the crew. The FRAM2 flight, scheduled to launch late March 31, will transit over the Earth's polar regions for the first time, according to SpaceX, and will be the hub of 22 research studies, including two from an expert at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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3 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Tom Corwin
Elizabeth Winder of Summerville was a new mother and didn't realize the dark thoughts in her head were postpartum depression until it was almost too late. "I didn't know I had it until I got to the point where I was suicidal," said Winder, who has since given birth to her third child. "A lot of it was being a first-time mother. It was very overwhelming."This time around, the mom now has something she didn't have then, and it arrives every day through texts to her phone.
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1 month ago |
postandcourier.com | Tom Corwin
A research breakthrough in liver cancer lead to new technology and a start-up company that was then acquired by an international firm. That global company has now established a presence in a research incubator on the Medical University of South Carolina's campus, a building that officials hope is the kernel of an innovation district that will stretch up and down Calhoun Street and beyond.
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ICYMI: Targeted cell therapy is getting better aim at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center and doctors are eager to get it to more patients: https://t.co/kUJMQ5clTV
As the FRAM2 mission from SpaceX flies over the Earth, a neurologist at MUSC is studying the crew's health: https://t.co/G3GTS6LJfQ
SC is not as prepared for a public health disaster as neighbors Georgia and North Carolina, a new report found. The state's top leader isn't worried. Oh, and apparently we are in for a COVID surge soon. https://t.co/oF8qaa9hyM