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A clinical study at LSU Health Shreveport may help peripartum women with heart condition
8+ hour, 44+ min 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…...
Fetal surgeon connects with patients and more: Parkview Baptist School Most Likely to Succeed 2006
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (727+ words) Katherine Bligard points to an area of a fetus on an ultrasound." Katherine Smith Bligard is a Louisiana girl who has only lived in two places: Baton Rouge and St. Louis, Missouri. As a medical student, physician and assistant professor,…...
Here are Louisiana's top baby names of 2025, including surprises in New Orleans, Baton Rouge
5+ 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…...
Letters: To talk about fertility, first talk about economic risk
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (253+ words) Everyone is suddenly talking about America's falling birth rate. Politicians propose tax credits or cultural renewal. But if we want to talk about fertility honestly, we need to talk about economic risk. In Louisiana, young families are making rational decisions…...
Private family suites redefine NICU experience at Women's & Children's Hospital in Lafayette
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (430+ words) A major expansion at Our Lady of Lourdes Women's & Children's Hospital is reshaping how patients and families experience time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The hospital has added private family suites as part of its $100 million Advancing Acadiana initiative....
Editorial: Pregnancy centers support women and help them see options
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (229+ words) I write today as someone whose life was transformed by the care and compassion of a pregnancy center and with profound gratitude for how things have unfolded since. Twenty years ago, I was a college student and found myself pregnant....
Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from Louisiana detention center
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (456+ words) This image taken from video shows the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, La. , April 7, 2025." BATON ROUGE, La. Women taken into custody by U. S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on…...
Letters: A call for clarity: Tylenol and autism
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) As fertility doctors, we work every day to help our patients achieve healthy pregnancies. Recently, a federal announcement suggested that taking Tylenol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy causes autism. Understandably, this has raised concern and confusion among patients and families. Medical experts,…...
Letters: Our tax dollars go to pregnancy centers that don't help women
8+ mon, 6+ day 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…...
Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (867+ words) The rambling announcement, which appeared to rely on existing studies rather than significant new research, comes as the Make America Healthy Again movement has been pushing for answers on the causes of autism. The diverse coalition of supporters of'Health Secretary…...