Health

The FDA panel will vote on whether the benefits of making the pill more widely available outweigh the potential risks.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is trying to find infants and toddlers to participate in the Shape Up! Keiki research study.

Up to nine million people are living with scoliosis.

The new campaign is being launched during May, a month observed nationally as Mental Health Awareness Month.

Emery and Riley Grissom were born with holes in their hearts – something their mom, Tracey, knows all about.

Sharyn Alfonsi with 60 Minutes reported on Sunday, April 30, about the struggle of pregnant women in Louisiana to get maternal health care.

The U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency officially ends this month.

Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer in the United States.

It’s a tricky condition that mimics Alzheimer’s, but NPH patients have three telltale symptoms: unsteady gait, memory loss, and frequent urination.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day, pumping one and a half gallons of blood every minute.

Students at one East Baton Rouge Parish school are getting real-world access to careers in healthcare. Stuffed animals and a partnership with BRG could help spark a new interest.

Dr. Daniel Nuss with Our Lady of the Lake reports 5 to 10 new cases a week in Baton Rouge.

The first thing to try is a distraction.

A longtime home for HIV/AIDS patients in Baton Rouge will soon close its doors.

Coronary bypass surgery is the most common heart surgery in the United States.

Did you know the bacteria living in your gut can impact your sleep, weight, digestion, cancer risk, mental health, and other important functions?

One out of 10 babies in the United States will be born premature, putting them at higher risk for being born with a hole in their heart.

Community leaders and healthcare providers are teaming up to make sure seniors have gotten a COVID booster shot.

From the hard hits to some pretty hard falls, more than three million people will suffer a concussion this year. Do you know the common signs?

A new, less invasive technique is repairing, not replacing leaky valves.

Each year, 356 thousand Americans die suddenly, without warning, from cardiac arrhythmias.

It’s happening Thursday, April 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Capitol Park Museum.

Parents of young children, how much is a baby tooth going for when the ‘tooth fairy’ visits these days, one dollar? Five dollars?

Achy, sore, and stiff joints are classic signs of arthritis, and they don’t just affect the elderly.

Esophageal cancer is cancer of the long tube that runs from the throat to the stomach.

There’s a possible breakthrough for cancer patients, and Baton Rouge doctors are starting to use new testing methods to create individualized treatments.

Each year in the US, nearly 267 thousand men and women are diagnosed with breast cancer, requiring chemo, radiation and surgery.

Each year, 200,000 people will undergo a surgery to have a pacemaker implanted.

Every 40 seconds, someone in the US has a heart attack.

Despite the challenges, Beth is thankful their mother started them on the path to uncovering their genetic risk.