Health

OLOL's Men’s Health Center’s Medical Director Curtis Chastain, MD, and Tyler Boudreaux, MD shares some facts about a leading cause of cancer in men. [Sponsored]

It’s hard to know where to turn after a cancer diagnosis. Life immediately becomes a maze of questions and concerns, fears and hopes, and...

How nursing homes responded to the pandemic and hurricane evacuation has given a black eye to the politically powerful industry, sparking legislative changes.

After a bumpy 12 months, OLOL officials discuss the future of the venerable Baton Rouge institution.

Telehealth is no longer a trend in the Baton Rouge market, but simply the way more doctor-patient interactions are happening.

Subsiding COVID worries and the revitalized federal Cancer Moonshot program have Baton Rouge medical providers focusing on cancer care.

A look at the Capital Region health care leaders who are making headlines in research and medical care in 2022.

Employee mental health is a big issue facing businesses, especially amid the pandemic. So how should employers approach it?

The demand for nurses is so strong that academic institutions are adjusting to more targeted curriculum and hospitals are upping incentives to attract and retain these health care professionals.

Pennington Biomedical Research Center is launching the campaign to put obesity, and itself, in the national spotlight.

Woman’s Hospital has entered into contract negotiations with New Orleans-based LCMC Health to join the system’s electronic medical records platform, Epic Community Connect. LCMC was...

Health care has changed drastically in the past few years, not just in Baton Rouge, but all over the world. The pandemic is a...

The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has put a new heat illness rule on a list of agenda items for the Biden...

With LSU and many K-12 schools set to open for in-person attendance in the fall, workers returning to the office and businesses back at...

Baton Rouge General’s expansion and renovation of its Regional Burn Center, which began in early 2020, will be unveiled at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday....

Woman’s Hospital is evaluating four proposals from Louisiana-based health care systems interested in partnering with the hospital on an affiliation that would enable cost sharing on equipment and technology, specifically, the pricey EPIC medical records platform that a growing number of providers are using and patients are demanding.

Today marks the start of the new academic year for graduate medical education at hospitals around the state that will train the medical residents,...

Nurses are leaving Woman’s Hospital at a high rate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Cheri Johnson, chief nursing officer at Woman’s,...

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has announced it’s moving forward with the first major building project in the university’s history—a three-story, 75,000-square-foot building...

Ochsner Health System is rolling out a new digital counseling platform for anonymous group support for its employees through a partnership with wellness startup...