At McLeod Health, we are dedicated to providing useful health and medical information to our community.
Take a look at our blog categories and choose those that interest you. Be sure to subscribe to each category
of interest and we will send you new blog articles as they are posted.
The colon is the four to six feet of the large intestine and an important part of your digestive system. With the broad range of “bad for us” foods we impose on the colon – nachos, pizza, fries, steak, and BBQ to name just a few – it’s no surprise that colon cancer strikes 1 in 18 Americans.
Many people with colon cancer have no symptoms until it’s too late. McLeod Gastroenterologist Deepak Chowdhary, MD explains the risk factors you may have and why a regular colonoscopy is important for everyone.
Mammograms are the standard diagnostic tool for spotting breast cancer. On the mammogram, normal breast tissue appears as black while most forms of breast cancer show up as white.
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. It is also the second most common type of cancer disease (next to breast cancer) that we see in this region of South Carolina.
From cigarettes to asbestos — of all the many things we face in life that are related to cancer, who would have guessed that lack of sleep might sit on that list.
Mesothelioma is rare form of cancer of the lining of the lung or abdomen. Since then, when a number of cancer cases arise in one family or community, the term “cancer cluster” comes up.
Surgery, radiation and conventional chemotherapy stand as the hallmarks of current cancer treatment. Now the term “targeted therapy” frequently enters the conversation.
Advances in highly targeted radiation treatment give men greater hope for survival from prostate cancer than ever before. Yet, because the prostate is right next to the rectum radiation can affect the bowel, urinary and sexual function. But, a new development is changing all that.
In South Carolina, statistics point to 1,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer each year. Yet, many people have no idea where their pancreas is located or what it does.
Find a Doctor 
Locations 
Services 
Patient Portal 