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Louisiana doulas take on challenge of maternal mortality | Louisiana Health
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (802+ words) Devine "Divine" Bailey-Nicholas of Opelousas was honored with a 2025 Angel Award from the Louisiana Blue Foundation for her work supporting pregnant mothers and breastfeeding mothers. Doulas, house visits, wellness checks: In Louisiana, these are some ways advocates are looking to…...
Doulas take on the challenges of lowering Louisiana's high maternal mortality rate
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (773+ words) Doulas, house visits, wellness checks: In Louisiana, these are some ways advocates are looking to improve the states consistently low ranking in the U. S. for maternal health. Between 2020 and 2022, Louisiana saw 222 deaths related to pregnancy, according to the Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review....
Newborn breathing patterns, from a Louisiana expert. | Louisiana Health
3+ week, 5+ day ago (837+ words) Dr. John Carter, an Ear, Nose, and Throat physician and chair of Otolaryngology at Ochsner Medical Center, holds a model showing the airways found near the mouth and upper chest on display in a clinic room on Monday, April 13, 2026. Dr....
A clinical study at LSU Health Shreveport may help peripartum women with heart condition
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (602+ words) LSU Health-Shreveport complex on Kings Highway in Shreveport, La. , Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Kalgi Modi, MD. Professor of Internal Medicine and Interim Division Chief of Cardiology at LSU Health Shreveport, via LSU Health Shreveport. A clinical trial enrolling patients in Shreveport could potentially…...
Letters: Title X funds being misused to promote anti-contraception agenda
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (182+ words) NOLA. com Birth control pills, as seen in October 2017. (Richard B. Levine/Sipa USA/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1525793 Title X funding is used to support comprehensive, affordable family planning and related preventive health services " especially for people with low incomes or without…...
Here are Louisiana's top baby names of 2025, including surprises in New Orleans, Baton Rouge
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) With 2025 drawn to a close, the new year affords us a chance to remember all the key events of the past year " and very little is as important as the birth of a newborn. The Louisiana Department of Health and…...
Bill to license some Louisiana pregnancy centers stalls as anti-abortion groups push back
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (532+ words) A bill that would require pregnancy centers that provide health care services to be licensed with the Louisiana Department of Health stalled in the House after facing pushback from Louisiana Right to Life, an influential anti-abortion lobbying group. Currently, pregnancy…...
Baton Rouge clinical trial monitors postpartum hemorrhaging, a leading cause of maternal mortality
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1203+ words) Dr. Elizabeth Sutton, the director of research at Woman's Hospital, Tara Croft, the CEO of Baymatob, Carie Dowden, research coordinator at Woman's Hospital, Briasha Jones, research manager at Woman's Hospital and Dr. Cliff Moore, the chief medical officer at Woman's…...
Breathing in wildfire smoke late in pregnancy may increase autism risk, Tulane study shows
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (493+ words) A growing body of evidence shows air pollution may be connected to autism." Women breathing wildfire smoke late in pregnancy had a higher risk of having a child later diagnosed with autism, even when the smoke exposure lasted only a…...
Letters: Our tax dollars go to pregnancy centers that don't help women
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (289+ words) Thank you for Emily Woodruff's timely article on the boondoggles that are the 12 Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative centers. Louisiana has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the U. S. Yet nearly $5 million of our tax dollars support unlicensed, unregulated…...