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No two communities are alike and it is unreasonable to approach the obesity epidemic with a one-size-fits all model focused…
VIDEO - What's bad for the heart can also be bad for the mind. A new study found that people…
Health care reform is at the forefront of national policy, as Democrats work out how to pay for their 10-year,
We all know how it works: There's the healthcare debate going on in Washington, which is almost impossible to follow.Then…
(AP Photo/The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Bill Starling) Ever since President Obama nominated Alabama physician Regina Benjamin
Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese -- much more than other major racial or ethnic groups -- and…
For many, thoughts of Mississippi evoke images that are dark and prejudicial. Aside from that, critics have argued for years
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 U.S. states over the past
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward
A national institutes of health study of more than 4-thousand kids and teens finds obese children are 26-percent more likely