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Project HOPE tours Good Samaritan Health Center and meets with Gov Barbour
This is a part of an invitation from Gov Barbour, who wanted to find ways to furthers collaborate health program here int eh Mississippi Delta.
Southern Remedy: Mississippi’s Big Problem Video Part 1
Southern Remedy: Mississippi’s Big Problem focuses on the state’s obesity epidemic and attempts to change Mississippi’s poor bill of health. Southern Remedy sets out to modify the way Mississippians take care of themselves, using real-life stories and methods that anyone can use to lose weight. Dr. Rick DeShazo and his team traveled across the state [...]
Delta Health and Wellness Day
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Managing Your Medication
MISSISSIPPI DELTA – In a region of America where money for healthcare is tight and diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are as common as cotton fields in the summer, patients here always ask the same two questions: “Am I getting the right medicine to make me feel better?” “Can I afford the medicine I [...]
Telemedicine
Ruleville, Miss. – The seemingly insignificant act of reading the label on a soda can and then focusing to read the numbers on the can’s bar code only becomes important when put into the context of saving lives. So when medical staff at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., trained the lens [...]
Maternal Infant Health
Itta Bena, Miss. – In a world full of excuses, Kimberly Cross hasn’t one to offer. A 24-year-old single mother to a 21-month-old daughter and a nine-month old son in one of the poorest regions of America, Kimberly managed to go to college during both pregnancies, receiving a business administration degree in May 2009 from [...]
GOTCHA
Belzoni, Miss. – When it comes to helping others stay healthy, Rev. Lorene Delaney likens herself to the archetypical man in the desert searching for water. “I just have to keep going and going,” she says. “And when I can’t go anymore, I hope someone picks up the torch and carries it forward.” Rev. Delaney’s [...]
Good Samaritan
Greenville, Miss. – The pounding headaches. The lack of sleep. The depression. The inability to hold a job. Just as Leon Hughes was ready to lose all hope, and possibly his life, he found a good Samaritan. “I wouldn’t be here without this place. I’ve lost nearly 50 pounds. I don’t have the headaches. I’m [...]
Nutrition Needs of Students in the School Setting
Pope, Miss. – Twelve-year-old Tyler Hawkins remembers the day last year when they took the deep fryers out of his school cafeteria. “It was kind of weird not having regular french fries. But now everybody’s kind of used to them being baked,” said Tyler, a seventh-grader at Pope Middle School. “I think by eating healthier, [...]
Enhancing the Workforce
Indianola, Miss. – Perry Jenkins understands that a well trained healthcare workforce in the Mississippi Delta trickles down to most every aspect of the region’s economy. “From the beginning, we knew that the healthcare industry plays a vital role in the success of the Delta as a whole. More informed, better skilled healthcare workers translate [...]
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