Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is speaking Thursday at a Statehouse rally put on by the South Carolina Lyme Advocacy and Greenville Lyme Disease Association.

The Brain Injury Alliance of South Carolina and the South Carolina Brain Injury Leadership Council are hosting a two-day state conference beginning Thursday in Columbia.

The extreme 800 calorie diet, developed by a North Texas hospital, is getting results, but requires medical oversight.

Although you probably use it every day, here’s some interesting trivia you may not know about deodorant.

If you want to peer inside your DNA, there’s no shortage of companies offering avenues for doing so these days.

There is a new alternative to the standard scalpel biopsy, instead of cutting; dermatologists can just use lasers to look through the skin.

Scientists are hoping a new weapon could help them fight brain tumors: scorpion venom.

In recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month, Trident Health System will offer a free stroke screening on Wednesday, May 6 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Autism is believed to affect as many as 1 in 150 children. Researchers report that the size of a specific part of the brain may help experts pinpoint when autism could first develop and hope the findings result in earlier intervention.

A calorie is a calorie, even if it comes in liquid form. New research shows what you drink may be more important than what you eat if you’re trying to lose weight.

They’re all around you, but you can’t see them. We’re talking about potentially dangerous germs on buttons you use almost every day. Computer keyboards, telephones just some of the buttons many of us press all the time.

A popular hair-growing drug may become a routine daily pill men can take to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

As the number of swine flu cases rises around the world, so is a gradual backlash—with some saying the threat the virus poses is overblown.

Doctors can’t figure out why 10- month-old Maggie Agnew is losing weight, muscle mass and is shrinking.

No one can truly know what goes on inside a marriage except the two people involved, but researchers are getting increasingly good glimpses at what makes couples tick, how relationships are stressed and what factors can keep the spark alive.

The FDA says 72 diet supplements sold in stores and over the internet are filled with hidden dangers.

Mid-stage testing of an experimental drug is offering hope of an advance against hepatitis C.

Tucked away in this small mountain village, off a dusty road flanked by pig farms,  “patient zero” has been confirmed as 5-year-old Edgar Hernandezis who survived the earliest documented case of swine flu in an outbreak.

Manufacturers and pharmacies are reporting a surge in demand for face masks but it is unknown exactly how much protection a surgical face mask provides. Some experts say their real value seems to be in keeping people who are already ill from spreading the virus, rather than protecting healthy people.

Is memory loss actually the beginning of Alzheimer’s Disease? It has been a medical challenge to give concerned patients a definitive answer. Now a test used to rule out other brain disorders might be used to pinpoint changes that signal Alzheimer’s.

Crying is the number one trigger for shaking and injuring babies and is what’s known as “shaken baby syndrome.“ But the American Academy of Pediatrics wants to change the name to a new diagnostic term that may provide more clarity in the courtroom.

The average Andorran (residents of a tiny country wedged in the mountains between France and Spain, lives 85 years, longer than anywhere else on the planet.

If you suffer from excessive sweating there is some hopeful news for you. It’s a new solution that may offer a cure without surgery!

If you’re looking to curb your appetite and improve your memory, you’re probably exercising, eating healthier foods and trying to get some sleep.  Those things are all good, but maybe you should try chomping on a stick of sugar-free gum.

Aneurysms are a silent killer that 15 million Americans may have. A new treatment has been developed and it doesn’t require surgery.

As the childhood obesity rate skyrockets, doctors are becoming more concerned about families leading unhealthy lifestyles. A new program is helping parents get all the information they need to have a “lean family”.

Approximately 35 million Americans with seasonal allergies but pollen may not be all that’s making your eyes water and nose run, though. Here are some unexpected sources of your sneezes and some room-by-room tips for eliminating them.

A form of liquid morphine used by terminally ill patients will remain on the market even though it is an “unapproved drug,“ according to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration.

Humans who are part-man, part-machine are no longer just the stuff of sci-fi.  Scientists are working on ways to better integrate devices in a living body.  Artificial eyes, mind-controlled limbs are examples of new tech being developed.

The foods you should eat to help heart, brain, bones, eyes, skin, and hair.