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Real men wear pink for breast cancer
By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Jay Johnson has donned a lot of pink attire this month all for a good cause. He is one of at least 24 men chosen to participate in the American […]
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As babies born to mothers infected with the Zika virus turn 1, health problems mount
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Two weeks shy of his first birthday, doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight. Learning how to feed is the […]
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Will $3B from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan rid the world of disease?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that’s even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the […]
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Walk, run, ride for sickle cell disease Sept. 25
By Shanderia K. Posey Editor Coming upon the 11th year of having the annual 5K Walk, Run and Ride, Cure Sickle Cell Foundation co-founder, Dee Nixon, has come to a disheartening realization – “This past […]
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More midwife stories sought
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer Brainstorming on the care nurse midwives once provided to women and babies decades ago took place at the Smith Robertson Museum Sept. 17, during the Scott Ford House Midwifery […]
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Hillary Clinton has history of paying price for ignoring her health
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The White House was submerged in scandal. Democrats faced tough midterm elections. And Hillary Clinton, far more popular than her embattled husband, had become a one-woman campaign machine. But the nonstop […]
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Eli Manning, wife, pledge $1M to Mississippi pediatric care
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The University of Mississippi Medical Center says New York Giants quarterback and Ole Miss alumnus Eli Manning is pledging $1 million to its campaign to improve neonatal and pediatric care. The […]
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Alzheimer’s Mississippi plans Saturday walk
Mississippi Link Newswire Alzheimer’s Mississippi Walk4ALZ will take place at 10 a.m. Sept. 10, at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Walk4ALZ is a celebration of life and memories where attendees walk for family, friends, future […]
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Isabelle Dinoire, first face transplant recipient, dies at 49
PARIS (AP) — Isabelle Dinoire, a Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, has died more than a decade after a complex and daring operation that set the stage for dozens of similar […]
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Mississippi adult obesity rate stays second-worst in 2015
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – New government data shows Mississippi adults are just as obese as ever. The state remained tied for the second fattest in the nation in 2015, with nearly 36 percent of adults […]