University of Mississippi Medical Center News

A former Jackson Police Department burglary detective accused of robbing five businesses last week is in the hospital after a suicide attempt, according to Jackson Police.

Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s goal of getting governmental and tax-exempt entities to voluntarily pay for city services got a boost this week when a top administrator at the University of Mississippi Medical Center showed up with a $200,000 check.

Jason Helton, a physical therapist at Hattiesburg Clinic, recently completed the requirements for the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

University of Mississippi Medical Center social worker Ruth Drake looks away as pediatric nurse Dennis Demesa inoculates her with the H1N1 vaccine, Oct.

A Jackson hospital is again giving money to the city of Jackson. The University of Mississippi Medical Center on Tuesday presented a $200,000 check to the city to help pay for fire protection for the campus.

It was the nation's largest single site raid on undocumented workers. And when nearly 600 workers were rounded up at Howard Industries in Laurel, it was clear that illegal immigration is no longer just an issue for border states.

Most women should wait until age 50 to get mammograms and then have one every two years, a government task force said Monday in a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's longstanding recommendation of annual screenings starting at 40.

Jackson police are searching for a group of men who fled from a vehicle involved in a fatal accident Sunday morning.

A new program for children with autism will open next year at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Dr. Tziviona s research group studies Regulation of cancer and longevity by intracellular signaling pathways involving the Ras-Raf- MAPK , PI3K- AKT - FOXO and nicotinamide-Sirtuin pathways and the 14-3-3 proteins.

It may look like Case is craving attention when she pounces on her owner's chest.

University of Mississippi Medical Center health care professionals who primarily work with the children are inoculated with H1N1 vaccine, Thursday, Oct.

Madison law enforcement officials are investigating a hit-and-run after a Canton woman was seriously injured in an accident on U.S. 51 late Friday.

JACKSON, Miss. - State health officials have approved a plan by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson to renovate a part of its surgical short stay unit.

TheJacksonChannel.Com updated Oct. 29, 2009 JACKSON, Miss. - WAPT.com The University of Mississippi Medical Center was administering swine flu vaccines to full-time faculty, staff, students and volunteers, UMC officials said.

Police believed a burned vehicle found Sunday morning could be related to the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian.

Dr. James Keeton, the interim vice chancellor for Health Affairs at The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Friday returned to his roots.

From the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Cardiovascular Diseases , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn; and the Angelini Research Center , ACRAF, S. Palomba-Pomezia, Rome, Italy.

AROUND MISSISSIPPI a ' Four of Mississippi's higher education institutions, led by Mississippi State University , are involved in a $20-million National Science Foundation cooperative agreement to help the state become a national leader in computer modeling and simulation of complex systems.

From the Department of Physiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.