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For many people with disabilities, saving money can be a difficult task. Yet if they’re able to, many then worry about saving too much money because it may cause them to lose their needs-based benefits. Fortunately, there is help. August is the national observance of ABLE to Save Month. Mike Switzer interviews Curtis Loftis, South Carolina’s state treasurer, about the Palmetto ABLE Savings Program.

With the rise of violent gun deaths in the country and the state and Congress’ bi-partisan passage of new gun safety measures, Palmetto Perspectives gathers a group of stakeholders to discuss what can be done to stop these senseless deaths, while still protecting the second amendment.Listen, Thursday, July 21, 7:00 p.m. SC Public RadioWatch on SCETV ("ETV HD")Watch on-line , Thursday at 7:00 p.m., or on-demand

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elisha Brownfield about the symptoms and diagnosis of shingles, as well as preventing this condition with the shingles vaccine. Dr. Brownfield is a Professor of Internal Medicine and a general internist at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christopher Goodier about strategies and tips to help prevent modifiable birth defects. Dr. Christopher Goodier is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a maternal fetal medicine specialist at MUSC Women’s Health.

Florida betony (Stachys floridana) is native to Florida and began appearing in other states in the 1940s and 50s. It has become an aggressive weed in residential and commercial landscapes in South Carolina.

Some years back colleague and I were listening to a Bach violin concerto on the radio. After a while my colleague said, “You know, there are a thousand Baroque violin concertos. Why is it that this one is just…better?”

By the late 1700s, the piano had replaced the harpsichord as the primary keyboard instrument for solo compositions, concertos, and chamber music. Lovers of Baroque music may not like to hear this, but for most musicians of the time—of the late 1700s, that is—this replacement represented progress.

You can easily distinguish between our two local vultures if you see them in flight. The slightly larger turkey vulture has a V-shaped wing pattern when soaring; the black vulture’s wings are held out straight and have white feathers at the tips.

The range of black vultures is expanding rapidly across the south and creating problems for homes and also for parked automobiles.

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles also known as UAVs or, more commonly, drones, has grown exponentially in popularity over the past 10 years and as a result, has brought an increase in issues for the aviation industry. And that presented an entrepreneurial opportunity to a group of aviation pilots who have developed software to increase airspace awareness for all involved. Mike Switzer interviews Jason Cansler, co-founder and chief operating officer at UASidekick in Greenville, SC.