Healthcare

Mary Bird Perkins expands into Mississippi with Natchez cancer center merger

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced this morning it is expanding its footprint into...

Design: The Aesthetic Medicine and Anti-Aging Clinic of Louisiana

Owner: Dr. Todd Howell and Kirk Kepper Location: 8485 Bluebonnet Boulevard Contractor: Fred Matthews Jr. Architect: Carmen Scully Cost: $3...

Mayor’s agreement with Bridge Center goes to Metro Council

The Metro Council will get an early look at the cooperative endeavor agreement the...

Ochsner digitizing clinical trials through Pfizer partnership

Ochsner Health System announced it has struck a multi-year "strategic alliance" with pharmaceutical giant...

Medical marijuana crop further delayed

Louisiana patients who have been waiting years to access the medical marijuana legalized in...

Donna Collins-Lewis wants Bridge Center plan in 15 days

Metro Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis is frustrated that a report requested several weeks ago from...

More employers launch high-tech wellness programs, sparking privacy concerns

Across the U.S., more employers, out to control ballooning health-care costs, are handing out...

MultiNix creators pitch nursing tool at ‘Shark Tank’ casting call

After taking home the top prize at a Baton Rouge pitch competition last April,...

Mergers don’t always make for better hospitals

Many things affect your health. Genetics. Lifestyle. Modern medicine. The environment in which you...

Roundup: Medicaid covers 500k / Southland’s Amite expansion / Cashier-less stores

More coverage: Louisiana's Medicaid expansion program continues to add more people to the taxpayer-financed...