Healthcare

Baton Rouge General questions cancer treatment, pulls out of proton center

A partner in the $85 million proton therapy cancer center planned for the Baton...

Baton Rouge on track for record drug, opioid overdose deaths

East Baton Rouge Parish is on track to see more drug and opioid overdose...

A formula to stem the opioid epidemic?

In another effort to stem the opioid epidemic, insurance and employer advocates supported the...

Prescription for disaster: Louisiana’s opioid epidemic

Every time RoyOMartin has to replace an employee, it shells out at least $25,000...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Dr. Jonas Fontenot, Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center

Photography by Don Kadair Dr. Jonas Fontenot Position: Chief of Physics and Chief Operating Officer, Radiation...

With new council and mayor, Smoke-free EBR relaunches push for smoking ban

A year after a Metro Council vote on whether to end smoking in area...

2017 Influential Women in Business: Kelly Hurtado

Photography by Marie Constantin Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana (raised in Baton Rouge) Age: 53 Family: Married for 30 years...

Executive Spotlight Q&A: Edgardo Tenreiro, Baton Rouge General

(Photo by Don Kadair) Name: Edgardo Tenreiro Position(s): CEO Age: 53 Hometown: South Bend, Indiana Education: University of Notre...

Ochsner’s planned clinic at The Grove is a key development in a rapidly growing area

For nearly a decade, developer Richard Carmouche has been putting together the pieces of...

Ochsner building new clinic at The Grove, vacating Baton Rouge General facility

Ochsner Health System is continuing to expand its footprint in the Capital Region with...