Mayoral candidate to seek counseling
Garthia Halbert, a candidate in Columbus’ mayoral race, agreed before a lunacy hearing in Lowndes County Chancery Court on Thursday to seek treatment at Community Counseling Services.
Breast biopsy accuracy is questioned in experimental study
Here’s another reason for getting a second medical opinion: Biopsy specialists frequently misdiagnose breast tissue, potentially leading to too-aggressive treatment for some women and under-treatment for others, a study suggests.
Leonard Pitts: Mental disability is not a fad
He had his first major breakdown when he was 26. A man who had been known for his sunny, outgoing temperament became suddenly sullen, silent and withdrawn. He spoke openly of suicide. It got so bad that a couple took him into their home to ensure he did not hurt himself.
Drug tests: 2 of 38 welfare applicants positive
During the first four months of Mississippi’s new welfare drug testing law, 3,656 people have applied for welfare, 38 of them have been tested for drugs and two tested positive.
No welfare cut for kids if parent tests for drugs
Mississippi children would not lose welfare if a parent’s benefits are cut off because of positive tests for illegal drugs, according to rules set by the state Department of Human Services.
Ebola puts focus on drugs made in tobacco plants
It’s an eye-catching angle in the story of an experimental treatment for Ebola: The drug comes from tobacco plants that were turned into living pharmaceutical factories.
Public speaks on Mississippi welfare drug tests
A Mississippi agency should be cautious in carrying out a new welfare drug-testing law and should not set administrative rules that could penalize an entire household for one person’s behavior, advocates for civil liberties and poor people told officials Tuesday.
Hearing set on Miss. welfare drug-testing law
The Mississippi Department of Human Services is holding a public hearing Tuesday to gather comments about a new welfare drug-testing law.
The summer of the ‘super flea’
Summer is here, and so are the pests that come with it. If it seems that this year the flea problem is especially bad, it’s probably a sign that the fleas are getting better at adapting to treatments, experts say.
Brown in good spirits after hospital stay
Mississippi Senate Pro Tempore Terry Brown said he’s on the road to recovery after a weekend stay in the hospital.
Governor signs welfare drug-testing bill
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a welfare drug-testing bill on Monday, requiring those who test positive to get treatment in order to get cash.
With treatments behind him, Brown focuses on duties
Terry Brown said his battle with cancer isn’t affecting his job as Mississippi Senate Pro Tempore.
“I feel real good and I’m staying at it,” Brown said. “I’m coming back and forth some, getting some rest.”
Higher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults
Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from an expert panel. But not all experts are on board with the advice — including the federal agency that appointed the group.
Brown optimistic as cancer fight continues
State senator Terry Brown begins his second round of chemotherapy today and will head to Jackson next week to fulfill his legislative duties.
New vacuum truck will supplement drainage work
By day, Jimmie Nance is typically busy shifting gears on an excavator, demolishing dilapidated houses.
On Thursday in the Northaven Woods community, Nance was lowering the boom and opening the thumb and bucket on the large apparatus to uproot a small, stubborn tree.
Eutaw-McShan aquifer means good water for Columbus
Mitchell Brown makes sure Columbus residents have clean water to drink.
He does this by overseeing the city’s two water treatment and distribution plants and the equipment that processes raw water from 1,000 feet underground into something fit for consumption.
Waterworks: Lagoons are Columbus’ ace in the hole
The Reynolds R. Ridgley Wastewater Treatment Plant in Columbus has the capacity to treat 10 million gallons of wastewater a day. It typically sees 6-8 million gallons on a daily basis.
Consecutive heavy rains sustained early this summer might have presented a challenge for the plant if there weren’t two massive storm lagoons totaling 80 acres just outside the entrance gate.
State Senator Terry Brown undergoing cancer treatment
State Senator Terry Brown of Columbus has started treatment after being diagnosed with cancer.
State Rep. Gary Chism, R-Columbus, a long-time colleague of Brown in the state legislature, said Brown was diagnosed with stage one cancer last week and has a neuroendocrine tumor on his left lung.
FDA: Roche drug works in early-stage breast cancer
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has issued a positive review of a breast cancer drug from Roche that could soon become the first
Court upholds first ban on gay-to-straight therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court sided with California on Thursday and upheld the first law in the nation banning a psychological treatment that