New lab seeks to improve food quality in the south
Source: The Daily Star
Sidon :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 16:15:50 -0700 | health-news
At the recently inaugurated Agro Food Development Center and Laboratories, specialists are busy testing and examining the quality of food products and water. These tests are requested either by the Consumer Protection Department or from company owners that want to...
Now you can go to college to be a drone operator
Source: Natural News
Starkville :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-12 03:14:56 -0700 | health-news
In fact, such programs have matured to the point where you can even earn a degree. Zachary Waller, who majored in drones at the University of North Dakota , says when he first arrived on campus in 2008, there wasn't...
The Truth About Marijuana
Source: Fox
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 22:05:40 -0700 | health-news
Two days ago, ElSohlythe director of the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Projectbent down the wrong way and threw out his back. And unfortunately, this morning's visit to his chiropractor didn't help him much. Ironically, just outside ElSohly's office in the...
The truth about marijuana
Source: Fox News
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 04:51:33 -0700 | health-news
Two days ago, ElSohlythe director of the University of Mississippi's Marijuana Projectbent down the wrong way and threw out his back. And unfortunately, this morning's visit to his chiropractor didn't help him much. Ironically, just outside ElSohly's office in the...
Could the Cinnamon Craze give your LIVER damage?
Source: Mail Online UK
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 08:50:41 -0700 | health-news
9 May 2013 Taking part in the Cinnamon Craze or eating a lot of the spice could cause liver damage, according to a new study. The study, published in journal ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, discovered that a...
First lady defends 'Let's Move' exercise campaign
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 05:21:36 -0700 | health-news
First lady Michelle Obama says her campaign to get young people more into exercise is about the government providing health information, not "telling people what to do." Mrs. Obama explained her "Get Moving" initiative in an interview broadcast Wednesday on...
Why Won't Scott Fishman Talk Straight About Drug Addiction?
Source: Salem News
Myrtle :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 15:20:17 -0700 | health-news
Fishman, MD was interviewed by his employer, the University of California Davis and asked about the common problems in physicians treating pain patients. Interesting topic for the time -- at the height of the opioid prescribing frenzy...Senate investigation for their...
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Tupelo :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-28 16:20:45 -0700 | health-news
I wrote this little article on health because of my desire to help as many people as I can by the will of God. I have even treated doctors that have been sick themselves. Am I a Super Doctor? No,...
Miss. man in ricin case: 'I love my country'
Source: KSBY
Tupelo :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 04:12:54 -0700 | health-news
Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man implicated in the mailing of ricin (RY'-sin) poison-laced letters to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without explanation against the man arrested in the case...
Bryant: Session coming for auto corridor project
Source: SF Gate
Oxford :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-22 22:17:20 -0700 | health-news
Miss. (AP) Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday that he will call lawmakers into special session to deal with an economic development project in what he calls the state's auto corridor. The Commercial Appeal ( http://bit.ly/11xkmRC ) reports that Bryant...
U.S. infant mortality rate declines
Source: Los Angeles Times
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 11:07:51 -0700 | health-news
The infant mortality rate in 2011 was 6.05 deaths per every 1,000 live births, down from 6.87 in 2005, according to the report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Some of the biggest gains were seen in Southern states,...
Joe Thigpen, 92, father of Texas first lady Anita Perry, dies
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Oxford :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 16:20:35 -0700 | health-news
The Governor's Office announced the death Tuesday of Joe Eltidge Thigpen, father of First Lady Anita Perry. Thigpen, 92, worked as a doctor for 50 years in Haskell after serving in World War II and was cited as the inspiration...
FSMB to Award 'Pain Treatment' Doctor Scott M. Fishman in Spite of Senate Investigation
Source: Salem News
Myrtle :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-14 20:17:41 -0700 | health-news
The Federation of State Medical Boards is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories...Fishman and others promoted misleading information about the risks and benefits of opioids while receiving financial support...
Health-challenged Southern states resist Medicaid expansion
Source: Miami Herald
Biloxi :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 15:58:14 -0700 | health-news
Michael White's high blood pressure is acting up again. The 51-year-old casino janitor has recurring seizures and recently awoke in an ambulance after passing out at a bus stop...If White had insurance, he'd be under the care of a primary...
Migraine Triggers Tricky to Pinpoint
Source: Newswise
Jackson :: MS :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 05:36:12 -0700 | health-news
April 8, 2013 Women often point to stress, hormones, alcohol, or even the weather as possible triggers for their migraines. But a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that it is nearly impossible for patients to determine...
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