Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Wednesday announced that the transition of the Memphis and Sexual Assault Resource Center (MSARC) from the City of Memphis to Shelby County Government “has been successfully completed.”
The way Dr. Dharmesh Patel figures, if the blood pressures of 1,000 people are addressed at a health fair, you can save 25 cardiovascular events and 17 strokes over a 6-year-period.
Elaine Fifer had plenty of common sense observations about health to share between health screenings last Saturday at the Tri-State Defender Summer Health Fair and Family Fun Day at the Orange Mound Community Center.
Thanks to a persistent Doris T. Hill and her church’s mission work in Haiti, two children from the impoverished, third world nation are only days away from enjoying the love and hospitality of local families after surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.