As we approach the upcoming football season, it is important to protect our children from injury. In a collegiate football study, 28 percent of players suffered some type of injury that year. Foot and ankle injuries are frequent, and even knee and hip injuries can be a result of the shoe/grass interaction. Injury prevention is […]
By Erica Frank, MD, FAAP Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing health problems facing today’s generation of children. According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control data, the number of children affected by obesity has tripled in the last four decades. In the United States, 1 in 3 children are considered overweight […]
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Plans may be diverted, but keep a positive attitude At 28, Erin Dale of Ocean Springs was looking at a future filled with possibilities. Recently married, she and husband Brian were eager to start their family. Then came something neither of them expected: Erin was diagnosed with Grade 1 endometrial carcinoma, a type of cancer […]
Carmen Bird needed a nudge or two. Not that long ago, she had been at the gym every day, part of a group of women who were faithfully working out at One 80 in D’Iberville. When the gym converted to Crunch Fitness Center, some of the women moved to another gym. Being less motivated, Bird’s […]
We asked our audience who the best doctors are for women and children on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Out of hundreds of submissions, these five doctors/nurse practitioners were voted Top Doctors in the categories of OB-GYN, pediatrics, dermatology, primary care, and pediatric dentistry. OB-GYN Ashley Dean-Reaves, MSN, FNP Gulfport OBGYN Clinic CREDENTIALS Bachelor’s degree in […]
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by Dr. Philip L. Levin What would you do with your life if you were given a second chance? Barbara Allen faced that question, lying on her death bed from metastatic ovarian cancer —the chemotherapy having devastated her. It was the spring of 2014, and she hadn’t eaten a bite of food in 17 days. […]
by Dr. Stanford A. Owen You may have Irlen Syndrome if: You skip words or lines when reading and often re-read lines. Words seem to “move,” dance, or dropout while reading. You lose your place when reading and are easily distracted. You have to take frequent reading breaks. Bright lights cause headache or make you […]
