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A Mississippi First
CMMC Unveils O-ARM® Imaging System for SurgeonsThe Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC) in Jackson flipped the calendar year to 2009 with a new high-tech amenity: It's the first hospital in the state to unveil the revolutionary intra-operative O-ARM® Multidimensional Imaging System for the treatment of spinal disorders.
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The South Gets an "F"
Tobacco Control Report Card Shows Needed WorkA new report card gives the South consistently failing grades for not protecting southerners from illnesses caused by tobacco. Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia were among the states receiving the worst marks...
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Five Minutes with Dermatologist Rebecca Duff
Pine Belt Specialist Juggles Special Needs Child, New PracticeHATTIESBURG—After sitting out for several years to devote time to a special-needs child, Rebecca Duff, MD, was somewhat apprehensive about returning to the practice of dermatology...
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On the Job Hunt
Nursing Professionals Lists UMMC among "2009 Top Hospitals to Work For"In its inaugural spring 2009 issue, Nursing Professionals magazine reveals that the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has been named one of the "2009 Top Hospitals to Work For." It was the only healthcare institution in Mississippi to make the list.
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Losing to Gain
State Lawmaker, Local Pharmacist Drop Weight, Reclaim Health via Bariatric Procedure at NMMCTUPELO—Last summer, State Rep. Steve Holland (D-Plantersville) took the path a growing number of obese people are traveling when he elected to have laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery performed at North Mississippi Medical Center's Bariatric Center in Tupelo.
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Marketing Your Healthcare Services
"Consumer Engagement" is Today's BuzzwordMarketing healthcare isn't so much about catchy slogans on billboards anymore. Especially in today's tough economy, cyber communication even to individual consumers is the name of the game. That's according to Richard K. Thomas, vice president of Health and Performance Resources, a Memphis-based consulting firm.
A member of the preventive-medicine faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Thomas has penned several books on the subject...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Drilling Down to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
AACR Seeks Solutions through Inclusive ResearchNearly 80 percent of children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) can be cured today.
Although this statistic holds true for Caucasian children in the United States, for Hispanic and American Indian children... not so much...
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Radiation Technologies Further Customize Treatment
Cancer patients are spending less time on the table while receiving better-targeted doses of radiation therapy than ever before.
That's the goal behind continued advancements to linear accelerators, as hospitals in Mississippi and elsewhere upgrade the workhorse machines that fuel today's radiation oncology departments.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
David McIntosh, MD
David McIntosh, MD, can envision the University of Mississippi Medical Center reaching across the state to help doctors and patients improve the realities of life after cancer.
But first and most importantly, patients have to live through it.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
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