The need for medicinal marijuana isn’t going away. In fact, the industry is literally growing and the once hazy hesitation to jump into the business could be changing for good.
Just last week, the CDC’s report showed increases in the three most commonly reported STDs from 2017 to 2018. It showed cases of gonorrhea increased five percent, primary and secondary syphilis was up 14 percent and chlamydia rose three percent. But — Louisiana, often among the top three states for
Woman’s Hospital offers mammograms at the main hospital in Baton Rouge, at West Feliciana Hospital and on traveling mobile coaches so patients can find a time and location that is convenient for them.
The Louisiana Department of Health reports that as of Friday, Oct. 11, the state has 582 cases of hepatitis A, five of which are not linked to the current outbreak.
Suffering with chronic pain after some major surgeries, Jackie Hyer was excited for some relief from her new medical marijuana prescription, and she says it worked. What she didn't anticipate was the price.
Findings from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that from 2017 to 2018 there were increases in the rates of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis across the United States.
Woman’s Hospital has partnered with The Anna’s Grace Foundation in putting on "The Walk to Remember.” It’s a walk around the Independence park area of Baton Rouge for families of children that died during pregnancy or infancy.
The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic.
The new freestanding Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital officially opens Saturday, Oct. 5. The state-of-the-art facility has the latest technology to make patient care more efficient. One system in particular is mutually beneficial for its staff and patients.
Tucked away inside the brand new Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital is a facility dedicated to the healing of the smallest patients. It’s also a place to say goodbye when medicine and miracles fall short. That space has occupied the minds and hearts of Kim and Trey Bowman for nearly a decade.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, Sept. 25 announced a nationwide recall on Ranitidine Tablets, a medication used to relieve and prevent heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach brought on by eating or drinking certain foods and beverages.
The report, which was issued Sept. 20, stems from a case in Michigan where a man who had no exposure to people with endemic tuberculosis was diagnosed with the disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
On Saturday, Oct. 5, patients will be rolling into the new Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. It has been a long process to get the facility open, and on Wednesday, Sept. 25, WAFB took a trip down every floor.
Walmart's decision is the latest blow to the vaping industry, which has tried to position its products as healthier alternatives to smoking cigarettes, which are responsible for 480,000 deaths a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A video making the rounds on social media by Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit organization, tackles the issue of school shootings head-on. Those shootings have prompted serious conversations about keeping students safe.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) says 13 cases of pulmonary illness linked to vaping have been reported in Louisiana. A statewide alert was first issued Thursday, Sept. 5 when 9 cases were reported.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 530 confirmed and probable cases have been reported in 38 states and one U.S. territory, up from 380 a week ago.
A spokesperson for the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says gummy products marketed as containing CBD but instead containing synthetic marijuana were found in several parishes across Louisiana.
Nitrous oxide, described as a less invasive alternative to an epidural, is making a comeback as a pain management alternative during childbirth at Baton Rouge General (BRG).
Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center received a grant from the American Cancer Society to address the transportation needs of cancer patients living in Baton Rouge.
Capital Area Human Services will sponsor an upcoming workshop to help members of the public identify alternative pain management techniques to help replace opioid usage.
On Thursday, Sept. 12, workers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center tried to show easy, cheap ways to get more fruits and veggies to improve health.
Louisiana is set to receive nearly $11 million from the Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Award Program, Senator Dr. Bill Cassidy announced Thursday, Sept. 12.
Common sense will tell you alcohol is not good for the heart. However, did you know it’s being injected into the heart to improve a specific heart condition?
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide touches all sorts of people – including farmers. Jacqueline Policastro travels to Harlan, Iowa to speak to Dr. Michael Rosmann, a farmer and psychologist. He’s the one struggling farmers go to for help, and he says more people are reaching out than ever
The National Cancer Institute is providing $13.6 million to combine and expand two clinical trials networks focusing on minority and underserved patients in Louisiana and Mississippi
When medical marijuana became available on Aug. 6, Alex Domino said he had no expectations. For him, the medicine was simply a remedy for a myriad of serious ailments that he had not tried.
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, which is set to open Oct. 5, is now hosting a community open house event for the public to tour the new facility.
Leaders in the healthcare field say you perform as you train and that makes responding to serious situations, like the evacuation of Dutchtown High School Thursday morning, second nature.
Irvin Schexnayder is among 400 Our Lady of the Lake patients to receive a Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, a procedure that allows medical staff to perform a minimally invasive heart surgery. Schexnayder says he would recommend the procedure to anyone, as long as they go through OLOL.
The number of Salmonella cases linked to backyard poultry in Louisiana has slightly risen from 2 cases to 6 cases between June and August, states a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Across the nation, the number of cases linked to the outbreak now exceeds 1,000.
Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration is working on emergency contracting plans to maintain health services for 1.5 million Louisiana Medicaid patients, while a legal dispute rages over new deals for the work
Baton Rouge Rehab Hospital (BRRH) has launched a free pain management education class, providing education and techniques to manage pain outside of traditional medical management, and with a focus on the emotional aspect of pain.
The number of babies in Louisiana born addicted to opioids has doubled since 2013, but an innovative program is helping to bring those numbers back down. It’s now expanding to help more moms and babies.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control agency plans to host an aerial mission tonight over an area of south Baton Rouge where West Nile Virus positive mosquitoes were collected.
Though many doctors see the accessibility of the pill as a positive, many also acknowledge most women do not end up talking with a doctor before buying.
Baton Rouge General (BRG) clinicians will learn about new ways to fight complex heart disease, courtesy of an 18-wheeler turned mobile laboratory rolling onto the Bluebonnet campus Wednesday, Aug. 21.
During Governor Kathleen Blanco’s address to the graduates of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in December of 2017, she said she was praying for a miracle.
