The Coronavirus: What We Know Right Now
You cannot turn on the TV or scroll through social media these days without seeing something about the novel Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. What is a Coronavirus? Human Coronaviruses…
The Coronavirus: What We Know Right Now.
You cannot turn on the TV or scroll through social media these days without seeing something about the novel Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Everyone, including scientists, has a lot…
Tips to Help Protect Yourself from the Coronavirus
An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout China and to 31 other countries and territories, including the United States. COVID-19 symptoms are similar to those of influenza…
Be Antibiotics Aware; Smart Use, Best Care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is observing U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24, 2019 as a way to improve antibiotic prescribing and use. Antibiotics are an important…
Women’s Wellness: IBS
BATON ROUGE, LA (WGMB) – “Irritable Bowel falls into the category called Functional GI Disorder, which means, and see anything on scope or a blood work or on a CAT…
Women’s Wellness: Peripheral Vascular Disease
BATON ROUGE, LA (WGMB) – Millions of Americans have it. It can be painful, and even fatal. “If you look at the statistics, there’s about a 40% cardiac mortality rate…
Women’s Wellness: Alzheimer’s
By Lauren McCoy BATON ROUGE, LA (WGMB) – Those are just some of the warning signs. It affects a person’s brain. It can be debilitating, frustrating and even deadly. “It’s…
Women’s Wellness: Lupus
BATON ROUGE, LA – “It can be activated by sunlight. This time of year, we do see more cases of sunburn, and it triggers the inflammatory process,” said Dr. Stephen…
Women’s Wellness: Depression
BATON ROUGE, LA – It is defined as “a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless and unimportant, and often is unable to live in a…