BATON ROUGE, LA – It affects nearly 80 million adults in the U.S. and contributes to more than 300,000 deaths a year, according to the National Institutes of Health. You…
1.) What classifies someone as obese? Obesity is defined as a BMI >30 kg/m2. Online height and weight charts or BMI calculators are easy available tools to use that make…
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…
BATON ROUGE, LA – It’s something we all love to do, catching some “z’s,” but as a lot of us have heard, if you don’t get enough sleep, it could…
BATON ROUGE, LA – It’s something we all have. It helps keep us alive, but if we don’t take care of it, things could turn deadly. In this week’s women’s…
05/04/16 – Every Wednesday on FOX44 News at 9 p.m., hosts a segment focused on women’s wellness. This week she interviewed Dr. Rebecca Treuil, an internist at the Baton Rouge…
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a condition that affects about 1 out of every 3 adults. Routine screenings through regular checkups are very important for controlling hypertension and could…
04/13/16 – Every Wednesday on FOX44 News at 9 p.m., hosts a segment focused on women’s wellness. This week we interviewed Dr. Todd Cooley, an internist at the Baton Rouge Clinic,…
Walking regularly helps keep Linda Fredericks active and healthy. But this morning, the 68-year-old is gaining peace of mind, too, while she strolls the paved paths at BREC’s Perkins Road…
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – The phrase “seeing the doctor” doesn’t have the same meaning it did 10 years ago. Technology has opened up a whole new frontier, and Louisiana is leading…