By Mary Powers Weight-loss competitions might have few fans among the stethoscope and lab-coat set, but as TV's "The Biggest Loser" begins its sixth season, plenty of Mid-South residents are trying the strategy to jumpstart their own efforts. Take Deborah Golston, 50, of Memphis.

By Mary Powers When Memphian James Brownlee was diagnosed with leukemia, he called his mother and sisters with the news but relied on e-mail and text messaging to alert several dozen friends and other family members that he faced a health crisis.

By Mary Powers Editors note: This is the 11th in an occasional series of stories profiling Mid-Southerners who are longtime exercisers or who have reclaimed old fitness habits and changed their lives for the better. Dr.

By Mary Powers Dressed in a conservative spring green suit and low-heeled pumps, the Mid-South's answer to the Playboy Advisor looked more like a Sunday school teacher as she settled into her office chair recently to talk about her speciality - women's sexual health.

By Mary Powers The documentary "Babyland," scheduled to air tonight on ABC's "20/ 20," opens at the Shelby County burial service of an infant dressed in an elaborately frilly outfit with a pink stuffed animal tucked beside her in the tiny satin-lined coffin.