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Run Bright
Just because it's a race doesn't mean you can't make a fashion statement--and let's face it, when the Sweet Potato Queens get involved, everything becomes a show.
Running & Recreation
Vivid Running
Each year, thousands of Hindus around the world celebrate Holi, a festival of colors commemorating the beginning of spring.
Mississippi Baby Born with HIV Apparently Cured
The child, who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year, shows no signs of infection.
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Taking Back Valentine's Day
For many of us, a number of things can hinder us from engaging in these celebratory acts of love--distance, prior commitments or just the lack a person to share this …
Wellness
Parenting Through Serious Illness
When I was first diagnosed with a rare brain tumor more than a year ago, I was scared. But my biggest fears were for my son, then only a year …
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Thinking Positive for the New Year
Resolve to focus on the good things and let more positivity into your life this new year.
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Good Organic Gardening Advice—for the South?
If you could suggest to beginning to fairly advanced gardeners only one reference book about organic gardening, what would it be?
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America’s Favorite Preacher
Joel Osteen’s smile is as big as Texas, and so is his following.
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‘SAD’ But True: Coping with the Winter Blues
Although this winter has been unseasonably warm (even for Mississippi) so far, and given us bipolar days of frigid mornings and hot afternoons, we can only assume that colder weather …
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Jackson Failing at Health for Women
Last month, Self magazine’s website revealed its ranking of the healthiest U.S. cities for women.
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT):
Body+Soul
The United States of Anorexia
Not one of them has what could be considered a “normal” adult woman’s body, not in this culture—or planet.
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Fitness Reawakening
It's an oft-quoted statistic that Mississippi is the most obese state and has been for a while. But in the capital city, at least, folks are working together to get …
Healthier School Lunches get Mixed Grades
Leaner, greener school lunches served under new federal standards are getting mixed grades from students.
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The 'How' of Weight Loss
Many of my patients ask me to give them a diet. I repeatedly explain to them that there is no magic diet guide written that will change their lives.
