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Alzheimer's Memory Walkers "On the Move" For Progress
When Kristi Sijansky learned about the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk 2008 being held on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Trustmark Park in Pearl to raise money for Alzheimer care, support and research in Mississippi, she jumped at the chance to participate in a significant way.
Sijansky, who has witnessed her grandmother endure complications from the disease for several years, knew that her boss, Mark Rodgers, would want to be involved...
LYNNE JETER |
Governor Says Medicaid Funding Crisis is Solved
Feds to Reimburse State $92 millionRemember that $90 million funding deficit for the Medicaid program that the Mississippi Legislature has been wrestling with all summer? It no longer exists.
At least that's what Gov. Haley Barbour announced at a press conference Sept. 8 in Jackson...
ROBYN JACKSON |
Hospitals, Clinics Expanding Facilities Across State
Demands on Healthcare Continue to GrowPetal Family Practice Clinic will soon have a little growing room. Ground was broken in August for the new 11,300-square-foot clinic on the Evelyn Gandy Parkway. The building, which should be completed in fall 2009, will include 17 examination rooms in addition to ancillary space for services provided by Hattiesburg Clinic...
ROBYN JACKSON |
Going for Equity
More Physicians Own their Office SpaceRemember when you were finally out on your own, renting your first apartment? Remember your parents’ admonishments to, as quickly as possible, buy your first home and stop "throwing your money down the drain" by renting? According to some commercial real estate experts, if you’re a physician leasing office space, that admonishment still applies...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Hosting a Holiday Party Doesn't Have to be (Too) Stressful
Hattiesburg Plastic Surgeon and Wife Delegate Duties for Their Annual BashThe words "relaxing" and "hosting a holiday party at home" don't usually go together, but "relaxed" is the word that keeps coming up when Julie Talbot talks about the annual Christmas party she hosts with her husband, Hattiesburg plastic surgeon Paul Talbot...
ROBYN JACKSON |
Recovering Balance, Correcting Posture in Osteoporosis
When physical therapist Miriam Deemer began the gentle work of unfurling elderly women's curved-over spines, she was met with a measure of hesitation among the doctors overseeing their care.
"They thought these patients were too fragile or beyond help," said Deemer, director of rehabilitation services, wound care and hyperbarics at Biloxi Regional Therapy Center...
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Lee Greer, MD
For Lee Greer, MD, enhancing the quality of care for the oldest and frailest north Mississippians makes for both a compelling mission and a stimulating personal profession.
"I've always had an interest in geriatrics beginning in medical school," said Greer, who practices with Internal Medicine Associates of Tupelo as the area's lone physician focusing exclusively on geriatric patients...
LUCY SCHULTZE |
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