Health Report

More than one in four people suffer from acid reflux or heartburn. MPB’s Karen Brown talks with Dr.David Carroll, a general surgeon in central Mississippi, about a new incisionless procedure that can stop heartburn at the source. He begins with how many and who suffer from acid reflux.

Not everyone is feeling all cheery and merry this time of year. In fact, many are sad or grieving or lonely or angry. MPB’s Karen Brown talks with Psychiatrist and co-host of MPB’s “Relatively Speaking,” Dr. Greg Gordon, who addresses depression for those who, like Elvis said, are having a blue Christmas.

According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 1,900 women in Mississippi will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. About 440 of them will die from the disease. In todays health news, MPB's Lawayne Childrey introduces us to one Ridgeland woman who has confronted breast cancer head on and is fighting to beat the odds.

On November 27th 2007, Regenia Shearrill of Ridgeland had a life changing experience with just a simple touch of her finger.

There are already 12-hundred confirmed cases of H1N1, or swine flu, in Mississippi. As MPB's Carl Gibson reports, an expert medical panel Thursday night answered the state's questions on how to avoid infection.

One in ten Americans has some form of liver disease. October is Liver Awareness Month. MPB's Karen Brown spoke with University of Mississippi Medical Center Gastroenterologist, Dr. Walter Boone, about the liver, starting with gall bladder disease.