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Lawmakers still hoping to debate Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:32:09 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are holding onto a chance to debate Medicaid expansion in the next few weeks, even though Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders oppose growth in the program. With no debate yesterday, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to keep Medicaid in business after the budget year ends June 30. Some [...]

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Hearing set for man charged with murder after illegal buttocks implant

Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:17:46 +0000

JACKSON — A preliminary hearing is scheduled today for a Mississippi man charged with depraved-heart murder after performing an illegal buttocks implant that killed a Georgia woman. Morris Garner, who has had gender-changing surgeries and goes by the name Tracey Lynn Garner, is charged with doing the procedure in March at a house in Jackson. [...]

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Health Assurance awarded two more state prison contracts

Associated Press — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:35:05 +0000

JACKSON — Health Assurance, LLC will provide medical services at two additional state prisons. The Jackson-based company has provided health services at the Walnut Grove prison since 2002. The company and the Mississippi Department of Corrections announced additional contracts were awarded for the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near the Lost Gap community in Lauderdale County [...]

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Property owner balks on homeless shelter project

Associated Press — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:16:53 +0000

VICKSBURG — Plans for a transitional shelter for homeless people near the former ParkView Regional Medical Center have been scrapped. But planners tell the Vicksburg Post they will look for another site. Owners of the property where the former medical complex sits “weren’t interested in making it available for it anymore,” said Tina Hayward, executive [...]

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Budget writers looking at significant cut to Health Department funding

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:39:50 +0000

JACKSON — Legislative budget writers want to slash the state general fund appropriation for the state Department of Health to $20.7 million — the lowest level it has seen since 1990, when it received $20.3 million. That recommendation comes at a time when the state ranks first in the nation for adult obesity, teen birth [...]

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ChromaDex enrolls participants for study of pTeroPure

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:22:38 +0000

OXFORD — ChromaDex Corporation, an Irvine, Calif.-based natural products company that provides proprietary, science-based solutions and ingredients to the dietary supplement, food and beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, has completed enrollment in the first human clinical study of its proprietary pTeroPure. The purpose of the randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study is to evaluate whether pTeroPure will [...]

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