by mcl | Nov 1, 2018 | Columns, Healthy Living
By Lisa Owens Tell them ‘thank you’! In this Thanksgiving and Christmas season, we often use words like thankful, grateful, generous, giving and “in the spirit of the holidays.” In our minds, we paint mental pictures of what those words...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2018 | Columns, Health & Wellness, Healthy Living
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MISSISSIPPI Protect yourself against BREAST CANCER While breast cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed today, early detection, prevention and treatment are giving women...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2018 | Columns, Health & Wellness, The Doctor Is In
By Molly Staley STAYING IN THE GAME In the South, excitement fills the air as children head back to school, temperatures begin to drop, and Friday night football begins. Fall brings other sports such as soccer, cheerleading, volleyball and dance....
by mcl | Jul 2, 2018 | Columns, Health & Wellness, The Doctor Is In
By Leah Claire Bennett, PhD, and Peter Kamp, MD The Opioid Crisis: How Your Family Can Help At the end of May 2018, the Washington Post reported that troopers found enough fentanyl in a Nebraskan truck to kill every Mississippian—in fact, enough to kill...
by mcl | Jun 9, 2018 | Columns, Health & Wellness, The Doctor Is In
by DR. KIRK R. JEFFREYS, III A Cataract Procedure As Unique As Your Eye Itself Have you noticed a decrease in your vision? Have you avoided activities you once enjoyed? Cataracts could be keeping you from living your life to the fullest. ...
by mcl | Mar 7, 2018 | Columns, Health & Wellness, Healthy Living
PREVENTION 101 for Parents and College Freshmen Editor’s Note: The following information comes from a resource kit that the National Council on Patient Information and Education provides to U.S. colleges and universities. The opioid epidemic is real, and...
