Lafayette General Medical Center celebrated 50 years in the Oil Center on Wednesday, April 15, with a special time capsule ceremony as well as the announcement of further renovations to the hospital ...
Since his showing last year in the 5th Congressional District race, when he was barely edged out of the runoff, Duck Dynasty cousin Zach Dasher’s political future has been wide open — and now it includes speculation about running for the second highest ...
Lafayette General acquires new endoscopy tool and recruits physician trained to use it, enabling more accurate diagnosis of ailments in the gastrointestinal tract ...
The Louisiana Dental Association and LDA Foundation will host a Louisiana Mission of Mercy (LaMOM) charity dental clinic on Feb. 27-28 in Baton Rouge to provide free dental care to 1,500 patients ...
Heart disease doesn’t always look like a man over 50 with a thick waist and high cholesterol. Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women. And last year in the U.S., 10,000 children died from sudden cardiac failure ...
A panel that advises the Agriculture Department appears set to recommend that you be told not only what foods are better for your own health, but also for the environment ...
Louisiana's health department says it will seek law changes to stop billing sexual assault victims for exams and tests. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's health department says it will seek law changes to stop billing sexual assault victims ...
But for babies, women and children, eh, not so much. Louisiana is among a group of states with 10 or more abortion restrictions that score near the bottom for policies that support the health and wellbeing of women and children, according to ...
DIEP flap procedure offers patients a more natural look that they can now get close to home. DIEP flap procedure offers patients a more natural look that they can now get close to home. By Kari Walker Tuesday, July 1, 2014 The ...