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Health

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News

Health Headlines: Pets may help children fight food allergies

Health Headlines: Pets may help children fight food allergies

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new study says exposure to dogs and cats might be beneficial in fighting the development of certain food allergies.

Health

Medline cut the ribbon of a $72 million warehouse Thursday (March 30), the largest medical...

La.’s largest medical distribution facility now open for business

Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 3:46 PM CDT
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By Rob Masson
Medline cut the ribbon on a $72 million distribution facility.

News

Health Headlines: Managing adult ADHD

Health Headlines: Managing adult ADHD

Updated: Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:36 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Right now, about 1 in 25 adults has the condition.

News

One Westlake man is trying to make a difference after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

Westlake man with Parkinson’s making a difference

Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:45 PM CDT
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By Andrea Robinson
One Westlake man is trying to make a difference after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

News

Health Headlines: New proton therapy for tumors undergoes first human trials

Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 10:09 AM CDT
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By Patrick Deaville
Researchers say the radiation treatment holds promise in treating tough-to-kill tumors.

State

Newborn screenings vary by state testing or not testing for potentially life-threatening diseases

Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:52 PM CDT
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By Andrea Robinson
Could where you live play a role in your health and the diagnosis of rare and potentially life-threatening diseases?

News

Health Headlines: Using AI to spot lung cancer early

Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:41 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are now looking at a program using artificial intelligence to catch the tiniest cancers that might be easy to miss.

Health

West Calcasieu Cameron clinic opens in Carlyss

Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 9:48 PM CDT
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By Emma Oertling
Carlyss has a brand new addition to the community with the grand opening of the Calcasieu Family Physicians Clinic, an extension of West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital.

News

Health Headlines: Taking the pain out of sunken chest surgery

Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 7:47 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Surgeons are using a breakthrough technique to make sunken chest surgery less painful.

News

Health Headlines: New device could help with diastolic heart failure

Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:41 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors are testing a tiny device designed to relieve pressure in a patient's heart and give them back their lives.
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News

Health Headlines: How long COVID can affect memory

Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 9:22 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers found 15 to 30 percent of long haulers’ cognitive skills, like memory, were impacted.

News

Health Headlines: Transitioning to adult care with chronic illnesses

Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:32 AM CDT
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By Patrick Deaville
High school is tough enough for a teen and sometimes even tougher for kids with chronic illnesses.

Health

Health Headlines: Targeting the genes that cause osteoporosis

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:33 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
This new treatment aims to treat both osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s.

Health

Calcasieu Community Clinic available to patients who lose Medicaid coverage

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 8:49 PM CDT
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By Amma Siriboe
Louisiana is resuming Medicaid disenrollments, and at least 200,000 residents are at risk of losing benefits.

News

Health Headlines: Finding hope on the slope

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:04 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are working on innovative ways to help their patients enjoy the things they thought they would never do again.

News

Health Headlines: Tiny robot may help doctors spot lung cancer

Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 7:06 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new way to spot lung cancer and remove it is giving patients hope of surviving.

State

La. Attorney General Jeff Landry files lawsuit addressing insulin prices

Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 2:13 PM CDT
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By WAFB Staff
Landry explained how diabetes is an epidemic and a public health crisis in Louisiana.

News

Health Headlines: Questions to ask before surgery

Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 8:44 AM CDT
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors estimate 11% of medical procedures are unnecessary.

News

Health Headlines: Veterans flipping the switch on chronic pain

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:22 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Studies are being conducted to determine if blue light therapy can help veterans deal with chronic pain and insomnia.

Health

Health Headlines: Foods that are bad for your heart

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:15 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
There are some foods you would never have thought could be harmful to your heart.

State

La. House speaker blames health department for illegal hemp products

Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 10:35 AM CST
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By Wesley Muller
One of Louisiana’s top lawmakers is sparring with state health officials, blaming them for confusion that has led to the legalization of hemp products that can get people high.

News

Health Headlines: Alcohol-related deaths on the rise

Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:11 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A report shows 32 people in the United States are killed every day in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver.

Health

Health Headlines: Good and bad cholesterol

Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 9:31 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers identified a rare genetic mutation that effects how so-called “good” cholesterol works in the body.

Health

New urgent care opens across from McNeese campus Monday

Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 7:26 PM CST
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By Emma Oertling
A new urgent care and student health center is opening in Lake Charles Monday.

News

Health Headlines: New device may help those with chronic sinusitis

Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:40 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new device may help patients breathe more freely.

News

Health Headlines: Role of inflammation in memory problems for cancer patients

Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 8:29 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Cancer researchers want to know what role chronic inflammation caused by physical or emotional stress can play on a patient’s cognition.

News

Health Headlines: New drug for metastatic breast cancer

Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 7:57 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors now have a new drug for women with metastatic breast cancer where nothing else has worked.

Health

Health Headlines: Testicular cancer rates increasing in young men

Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:34 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
It’s a cancer that young men might overlook or, at first, ignore.

News

Health Headlines: Rise in colorectal cancer in young adults

Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 6:52 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Experts say it’s essential that all adults, including young adults, learn the signs and symptoms of cancer.

Health

Health Headlines: Brain stimulation therapy could help with memory

Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 8:43 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
In one study, participants did better on memory tests for at least a month.

News

Health Headlines: Lack of funding for childhood cancer research

Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 7:54 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Only a small portion of federal cancer research funding goes to childhood cancer.

Health

Smart Living: Feeling love may protect your heart health

Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 10:53 PM CST
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By Jillian Corder
Research shows that having a full heart emotionally impacts your heart physically, and over time, feeling love could actually nurture and protect the heart.

Health

SWLA residents get free dental work on Valentine’s Day

Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 2:39 PM CST
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By Joel Bruce
SWLA residents started lining up at Oak Park Dental Monday night for a day of free dental care, which for many means relief from ongoing pain.

Health

Health Headlines: Eating disorders increasing in teens

Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 7:29 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Eating disorders, especially binge eating, increased among young people during COVID lockdowns and it’s not getting better.

Health

Health Headlines: Using AI to assess driver safety

Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:21 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Researchers are using the power of AI to help more accurately assess a patient’s safety behind the wheel.

News

Health Headlines: “Smart Knee” may help knee replacement recovery

Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 7:47 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new “smart knee” component may be giving patients and doctors valuable feedback on how to improve knee replacement.

Health

Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Comprehensive Care Center of SWLA encourages testing

Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:04 PM CST
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By Emma Oertling
Tuesday is National Black/HIV Awareness Day, and the Comprehensive Care Center of SWLA is stressing the importance of getting tested.

Health

Health Headlines: Folic acid may reduce suicidal thoughts

Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 6:29 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Recent research found that prescription folic acid reduced suicide thoughts by 44% in patients.

News

Health Headlines: Fighting age discrimination in cancer treatments

Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:56 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Doctors at the City of Hope are working to change how we treat aging cancer patients.

Health

Health Headlines: Scientists testing new Cystic Fibrosis treatment

Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 11:57 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Yale scientists have developed a new gene editing technique that targets a mutation at the root of the condition.

Health

Health Headlines: Researchers calling vitamin D deficiency “invisible epidemic”

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:08 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
We have some tips to help offset a vitamin D deficiency

News

Health Headlines: Video games and crossword puzzles linked to cognitive benefits

Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:54 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
What's better for your brain? Video games or crossword puzzles?

Health

Health Headlines: Repairing leaky heart valves

Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 8:50 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new less invasive technique is repairing rather than replacing leaky valves.

Health

Health Headlines: Minimally invasive option to treat congestive heart failure

Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 7:49 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new procedure is giving hope to patients who were running out of options and time.

News

Health Headlines: Proton therapy expands to treat eye cancer

Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:51 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
When treated early, proton therapy can cure almost 95 percent of ocular cancers.

Health

Health Headlines: Improvements in lumbar spine surgeries

Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 2:37 PM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new technology similar to the navigation system for self-driving cars is improving accuracy and patient safety in the operating room.

Health

Health Headlines: Family at high risk of stomach cancer prevents disease thanks to genetic testing

Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:16 PM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Certified genetic counselor Kristen Shannon said a huge increase in the number of testing labs has made a recent, dramatic difference in the field.

Coronavirus

Health officials: Latest COVID variant spreading quickly, not as severe as previous variants

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 10:55 PM CST
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By Devon Distefano
It’s been more than three years since the U.S. discovered its first case of COVID, and now experts are warning people about the latest variant that’s on the rise.

News

Health Headlines: Wireless pacemakers

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 8:40 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
A new type of pacemaker may keep hearts going without using any wires at all.

Health

Health Headlines: What triggers migraines?

Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:36 AM CST
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By Rhonda Kitchens
Feeling tired can be an early warning sign of a migraine coming on.
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