Bless our Hearts
A Coordinated Effort to Improve Mississippi’s Heart Attack Care, Communications and Outcomes Nobody is ever really ready for a heart attack. As one recent television commercial reminds us, we don’t get a warning note or text message alerting us in advance. It is that element of surprise that catches us off guard and can prevent our taking immediate and appropriate action. Our lack of preparedness can have devastating results. Two of the Read more »
Diabetes & Eye Health
When given the choice of which of the five senses is most important (and most difficult to do without), the majority of people pick sight. Of course none of us would choose to give up any of our senses, but the idea of not being able to experience the world visually, is especially difficult to imagine – to never see the smile of a loved one, the brilliance of a Read more »
New hope for men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Here’s some of what we know about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer) and the #2 killer of men (after lung cancer). About 1 out of every 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Prostate cancer develops mainly in older men. About 6 cases in 10 are diagnosed in men aged 65 or older, and it is rare before age Read more »
Headaches & Hormones
If you get migraine headaches you are certainly not alone – some 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of people 12 years old and older suffer from migraine attacks. And, if you are a woman, you are three times more likely to have migraines than a man. Migraines can have many triggers, but it turns out ladies, menstruation is arguably the most prevalent trigger. In fact, 60-70% of women who Read more »March 1st 2021
FLOWOOD, Miss.– Benson Construction and Masonry recently completed the new state-of-the-art facility for Capital Ortho, formerly known as Capital Orthopaedic read more »
Surgeon General Visits Mississippi to Discuss Measures to Stem the Opioid Crisis Posted Fri 07/6/2018 12:14PMJACKSON, Miss. – Dr. Jerome Adams, the nation’s 20th U.S. Surgeon General visited Mississippi in May to bring the message read more »
Good News for Some Breast Cancer Patients – No Chemo Needed Posted Fri 07/6/2018 11:46AMNASHVILLE, Tenn. – A major international study recently concluded that many women with early-stage breast cancer who normally would receive read more »
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