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…
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…
Women’s Wellness: Osteoporosis
BATON ROUGE, LA – They are the framework for your body. That us why keeping your bones healthy is a must. Dr. Angele Bourg, a rheumatologist at the Baton Rouge…
Dr. Schwartzberg Performs New Procedure for PAD
Baton Rouge Clinic vascular surgeon Dr. Glen Schwartzberg performed a new FDA-approved procedure for peripheral artery disease (PAD) on Tuesday, the first of its kind in the region. The only…