On June 5, the Morning News introduced its readers to 16-month-old Kylie Porchea, a local child undergoing treatments for a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma.

Dr. D. Glen Askins Jr, originally of Marion, is retiring from the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. He will be honored at 4:30 p.m. on June 26 in the College of Health Professions Complex. For details, call the College of Health Professions at (843) 792-9134.

For many years, South Carolina residents with mental illnesses have been treated for their conditions within their own communities.
But medical officials say the large number of mentally ill patients are straining the system.

How are you today? Happy? A British researcher says June 20 is the happiest day of 2008, or should be for most people.

Lake City Community Hospital officials say the facility is making money on a monthly basis but still needs to dig its way out from under $5 million of debt.

It’s a punch line, an icon, the star of TV commercials that once evoked embarrassed chuckles. Viagra - the little blue pill celebrating its 10th birthday - continues to pack a potent punch, and not only in the bedroom.

Swallowing problems can be diagnosed and treated by health professionals at the Marion Regional Healthcare System, a press release announced Wednesday. The hospital has acquired a new diagnostic tool, officials said.

There is yet another report and yet another set of not-so-good figures about the well-being of our state’s children.

Horry County Fire-Rescue and Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire told News13 Waccamaw Community Hospital’s diversion practices often leave Horry County patients locked out. The hospital denies the claims.

Medicaid members are invited to attend a town meeting in the Pee Dee region during June to learn more about health plan choices. Several such meetings are planned around the area.

Monday evening the bus was at Broadway at the Beach.

A new Consumer Reports tool offers people a chance to research a hospital before choosing a facility for medical treatment.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is sponsoring a South Carolina tour of the Fight Back Express from Sunday through Tuesday.

People who get medical care through Medicaid in the Pee Dee soon will have a choice to make regarding how they access their health care.

James “Jay” Graves sat on his mother’s couch as he listened to his siblings recount the day he nearly died. Jay, 20, is a sophomore studying elementary education at Morris College in Sumter. He was home on Feb. 9 during a break from classes when he had to be rushed to the emergency room for cardiac arrest.