Progressnotes | Winter 2022

Easing Lung Gridlock

MUSC Health Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program takes holistic approach to pulmonary hypertension

Vibrating Stroke Rehab

Wireless wristband treatment during OT improves recovery in patients following stroke

Cryo Blunts Pain

Cryotechnology freezes thoracic nerves to dramatically reduce postsurgical pain from chest wall repair

Diversity Matters, Part 2

Immigrants’ experiences shape their outlooks on life and science

New Help for Rib Injury

MUSC Health Chest Wall Injury Center offers comprehensive treatment options for rib injuries

Alcohol Septal Ablation

Instead of open-heart surgery, people with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can opt for minimally invasive procedure

COVID-19 Shots for Kids

COVID-19 vaccine proves effective against hospitalization in children ages 12 to 18

Safer Organ Transplant

Locally acting complement inhibitor is highly effective at healing organ injury that occurs during transplant process

Lupus Nephritis Prediction

New web-based application adds power of machine learning to doctors' SLE treatment toolkit

Brain Connections in PTSD

Lower brain connectivity in adults with PTSD or history of sexual abuse may increase after treatment with oxytocin

Slowing Parkinson's

Blocking Bach1 protein slows deterioration of brain cells in Parkinson’s disease

Clinical Trial Recruitment

MUSC researchers seek newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients for mesenchymal stem cell clinical trial

Healing Scarred Liver

Lower protein activity after hepatitis C therapy may signal path to healing cirrhotic liver tissue

Welcoming Solai

LalithKumar Solai, M.D., vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry, discusses his passion for solving challenges of geriatric psychiatry