MUSC’s Hollings Center awarded $1.8 million grant for Blacks with lung cancer

  • Published: June 21st, 2012
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African Americans in South Carolina with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are significantly less likely than Caucasians to receive surgical treatment for their disease, thus significantly reducing chances of survival. This reflects a national trend that the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

African-Americans and Depression

  • Published: February 7th, 2012
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The holiday season often brings bouts of depression. Many people both past and present have battled depression, from Halle Berry and Ken Griffey Jr., to King Saul and the Apostle Paul. Once identified, it can almost always be successfully treated. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis and undertreatment are common in the African-American community.