Day: September 27, 2012
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Mayfield named state’s top doctor, as head of health department
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Dr. Stephanie Mayfield has been appointed as the commissioner for the state Department for Public Health, making her the first woman and first African American to hold the...
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Obesity alert study: Portion size labels can be deliberately confusing and consumers are easily, even willingly, fooled
Yikes! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the “large” soda you order today is about six times as large as the one you ordered 60 years ago....
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Tenn. study suggests rural residents have as much access to care as anyone, if they’re insured and don’t mind the drive
A health-care study in Tennessee, which started with the premise that people in rural areas have less access to care than urban dwellers, ended with a rather surprising conclusion: They...