Health

WASHINGTON – More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness — and it’s an […]

BPRW SEYMOUR, Tenn. – According to the Surgeon General, only one-third of Americans with a mental health problem seek treatment; the percentage of African Americans getting help is only half that of non-Hispanic whites. The […]

LEXINGTON, Miss. – Mississippi still stands as the nation’s fattest state for the fifth consecutive year, and Holmes County is the second most obese county in the state. However, thanks to the Carol M. White […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The statistics are alarming. African American girls are more likely than their white counterparts to get pregnant, to become infected with HIV, to be in an abusive relationship, to live […]

Special to The Mississippi Link St. Dominic’s is joining the da Vinci® Surgery Awareness Initiative™, supporting the Lance Armstrong Foundation, in a national campaign reaching millions of people with the goal of educating the public […]

Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON, Miss. — School is just starting at many Mississippi schools, but dozens of kids are already staying at home sick with the flu. According to the state Department of […]

If you can’t remember where you left your keys or the name of a new colleague, it’s probably not stupidity or dementia. More likely, your brain has gotten caught in the ruts and information overload. […]

Special to The Mississippi Link My Brother’s Keeper, Inc. will be providing free Rapid HIV Tests Saturday, June 27 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the My Brother’s Keeper’s Well-ness Center located 500 E. […]

NAPSM Sometimes it’s not what kids are eating that causes a weight problem-it’s the problems that are eating them up inside. Children who have trouble communicating their feelings may be more susceptible to eating disorders. […]

WASHINGTON – Congress struck the government’s strongest anti-smoking blow in decades Thursday with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads and ban candied tobacco products aimed […]