CenterView: November 08, 2010

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A summit this week that's both scientific conference and business policy forum aims to place Mississippi on the front lines of fighting obesity and related metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
In the nation's poorest state in the middle of a recession, the 3-year-old Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP) has provided nearly $1 million in medical school scholarships.
The way Dr. Jasmine Taylor sees it, the "U" in UMMC might stand for "University," but it symbolizes "unity."
In many ways, Lashawn and Lashanda Hall appear to be typical identical twins.
For dental hygienists, teaching people proper oral care is as much a part of the profession as actually cleaning teeth.
The new chief operating officer for University Hospitals and Health System expects his new job to be both challenging and rewarding.
Fresh off the plane from his native Texas, Guy Giesecke, the new chief executive officer of the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, already understands the importance the facility has in Mississippi.
The Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi has announced that David Putt, CEO of UHHS, will be in a runoff for the governing board's state university employees representative.