Each November, National COPD Awareness Month provides the opportunity to spotlight a common preventable disease that makes it difficult for people to breathe because air cannot flow into the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.

COVID-19 has disrupted life as we know it! Since March 2020, secondguessing decisions often happen, including scheduling a routine checkup or exam, once made without hesitation. Now is the time, ladies, to push excuses and reasoning to the back burner and get that mammogram scheduled.

Willis-Knighton Health System has announced that James K. Elrod, president and chief executive officer, plans to retire effective Sept. 30. The board of directors has unanimously elected Jerry A. Fielder II (Jaf) to succeed Elrod as president and CEO.