Better Health Podcast

Do you stumble in the morning from pain in your foot? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes.

It can be incredibly painful and affect the quality of your life.

When your bones, joints or muscles hurt, you'll find no better place in the region than Tidelands Health to receive treatment. National health care ratings service Healthgrades has rated Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital in the Top 10 percent of hospitals in the country for overall orthopedic services in 2015.

Will Whiteside, MD, is here to discuss Plantar fasciitis and how Tidelands Health is here to help.

At Tidelands Health, we are guided by a Triple Aim – that is, to deliver superior quality and service to our patients, to improve the health status of the communities we serve and to reduce the cost of health care delivery.

Ours is a singular commitment: Better health begins here.

Together, our more than 2,000 employee and physician partners are working side by side with our patients to transform the health of our region  -- promoting wellness, preventing illness, encouraging recovery and restoring health.

Desmond Young, MD is here to insure you that our patients’ health, safety and comfort are our top priorities. We always strive to exceed our customers' expectations.

A new service available at Tidelands Health can help you understand your risk for coronary artery disease and heart attack.

Called Heart Scan, the test measures the amount of calcified plaque build-up in coronary vessels, which is an accurate predictor of heart attack risk.

Candidates for Heart Scan typically have no known heart disease but do have at least one of the following risk factors: between the ages of 45 and 85, smoke, are living with high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol, have a family history of heart disease, are overweight or obese and are physically inactive.

Christopher Daub, MD., is here to explain the benefits of early screening for calcified plaque build-up.

Genetic BRCA testing or a quick, non-invasive HALO® Breast Pap Test can help you determine your odds of developing breast cancer.

When your health care providers know your risk, they can tailor a screening and education program that keeps you in the best possible health.

Dr. Angela Mislowsky, Tidelands Coastal Carolina Breast Center, is here to help you better understand all your options to help prevent or treat breast cancer.

Typically, when a breast biopsy is recommended for an abnormal mammogram finding, a core needle biopsy may be recommended as opposed to a surgical biopsy.

Advanced technology has helped to make minimally invasive breast biopsy methods a possible alternative to surgical biopsy for some women. It might just be the option for you.

Listen as Craig Brackett III, MD, the Director of Tidelands Health Breast Health Program, helps you to better understand this minimally invasive breast biopsy.

Sports medicine doctors have special training to restore function to injured patients so they can get moving again as soon as possible.

They are also knowledgeable about preventing illness and injury in active people.

Your immune system defends your body from diseases.

But sometimes a substance that shouldn’t harm you triggers your immune response – leading to rashes, sneezing, itching, swelling or other allergy symptoms.

A specially trained allergist at Tidelands Health can help you ease symptoms of allergies – which often are caused by pet dander, pollen, insect stings and certain foods and medications.

James Turek, MD, is here to discuss your options if you struggle with allergies.

Have you ever wondered if what you see on emergency room TV shows is actually how it is?

Michael Ratliffe, MD, an emergency room physician at Tidelands Health, is here to explain just how it is in the emergency room.