#illness

Truesdale Medical Center, offering both primary medical care and treatment specific to those living with HIV, has opened in North Charleston.

Chef April Robinson got burned out -- but she's back!

The circle of life came full circle for me last week when I saved a bug.

Susto brings its tour with the Heartless Bastards home to Charleston Tuesday 2/23 at the Music Farm. Don't miss an incredible show.

In the first issue of "Meta Mag," local artists and poets explore the theme of mental illness.

Food as medicine, mindfulness mediation, and healing from inflammation through diet—Abigail McClam of Lotus Healing Centre Charleston breaks it down.

I couldn't start the New Year without paying tribute to the old.

Get a little too festive this holiday season? Spencer Barnhart shares her secret beauty arsenal for faking a fresh-faced New Year's.

Have you ever heard of "floating" as a means of relaxation and serenity? Renae Brabham shares her first-time floating experience at an East Cooper day spa.

Are you letting the "cost of money" determine what you place your value in? Not everything that's of worth can be bought. Here's a wake up call that will get you thinking about what you're spending.

Answer: A man-made fiasco... Why none of us should be shocked that poop has started raining down in sheets (and tweets, and twerks...)

Sometimes that elephant in the room gets too big to ignore—we can't make it disappear, but you can bet we can make it dance...

The doc's sit-down with the Gun was Grit through and through—that is, a fresh perspective on an issue that's got the whole country's attention

There's one big player in the resurgent gun debate that hasn't made the requisite media rounds—I sat down with him recently to discuss our culture, the President's stance, and big-picture solutions

Last week, blogger Tim Brennan got us thinking about artist-types and their predilection to suicide. As a psychiatrist, I had to weigh in (also, college kids? You need to read this)

Sex, drugs, and... well, suicide sells. Why artist types can't imagine themselves out of misery, and why the music industry can't get enough of it. (Caution: I don't have answers, just big questions)

Though I'm fairly certain this piece will get me fired from Grit (and my wife has advised strongly against it), here it is... Six real-clear thoughts on breast-feeding in today's culture

What's the new game of medicine? What the hell is epigenetics? What's this talk of sex stars? These questions answered, plus more on the benefits of bioidentical hormone therapy, here

Here's the real lesson in human nature from the local saga: when we witness our mortality (even through another's) and do what's right in the moment, that's when we really begin to live