From West Nile to building birdhouses – ‘It’s a blessing’

Submitted by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services “MDRS clients like Dennis McLauchlin are our ambassadors. They show others why we're here and what we do,” said Jennifer Gray,...
Arthritis: Causes and treatment options

Arthritis: Causes and treatment options

By Dr. Turner Brown With the cold weather hanging around lately, you might have felt your joints hurting a bit more than usual. Changes in the weather can affect your joints. Differences in air...

St. Catherine’s Village is just what the doctors ordered

Submitted by St. Catherine’s Village As retired physicians, Drs. William (Bill) and Judith (Judy) Parker understand the importance of quality care during recovery. So when a stroke left Bill...

St. Dominic’s sister receives lifetime achievement award

Submitted by St. Dominic’s Sister Mary Trinita Eddington, OP, MSN, RN, FNP, of St. Dominic’s was recently honored with the 2023 DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award. “St. Dominic’s and our nursing team...

Lagniappe: Rare stroke, miraculous recover

Submitted by St. Dominic’s (From left) Jeremy and Lauren Pogue, Amber Herron (St. Dominic’s Comprehensive Stroke Center Program Manager), and Dr. Ruth Fredericks (St. Dominic’s Comprehensive Stroke...

LAGNIAPPE – How we can control our own well-being

By Sergio Gutierrez   Richard Davidson is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and founder and chair of the university’s Center for Healthy Minds. He...

LAGNIAPPE — St. Catherine’s gives couple best quality of life

By ST. CATHERINE’S VILLAGE     Like many people in the early stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s, the signs were there for Carolyn Hall: forgetfulness, struggling to find the right words,...

LAGNIAPPE — St. Catherine’s care allows couple to stay close

Submitted by ST. CATHERINE’S VILLAGE          One of the benefits of a Life Plan Community is that residents can move from one level of care to another as their needs shift, all while...

LAGNIAPPE — BlueHealth Baptist clinic prioritizes prevention

Advertiser Spotlight by KATIE EUBANKS          What if your primary care physician dressed in a polo instead of a white lab coat, and spent more than two or three minutes with you in the...

LAGNIAPPE — Restoring the family, 1 healing at a time

By TAMMY TILLMAN          When I first came to work for Pro-Life Mississippi, I did not tell them I had an abortion in my past. I was one of the millions of women sitting at church and...

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