Wednesday, October 6, 2010
After losing its two pediatric oncologists to Hurricane Katrina, Women’s & Children’s recruited top-notch specialists who now offer the same treatments for pediatric cancer care as those found in big-city facilities. By Lisa Hanchey
Four-year-old Landon Meyerholtz was a big kid for his age and very active. So when his mom, Dana Judice, noticed that he was no longer playing as hard and looked pale, she brought Landon to his pediatrician in Centerville. The pediatrician immediately referred him to Dr. Ammar Morad, a Lafayette pediatric hematologist/oncologist. Morad was willing to see Landon immediately, and they drove the 50-mile journey to Lafayette, where they were calmly reassured by the specialist. “He just said, ‘Ok. This is what I think it is, and this is what we’re going to do about it,” Judice says.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Written by Lisa Hanchey
Using equipment donated by Acadian Ambulance and PSA Healthcare, local medical professionals saved the life of an 8-year-old and are helping other Haitians put their lives back together.
He lay there on a small stretcher — stomach distended as if ready to explode; body emaciated from malnourishment; eyes rolled backwards in their sockets. Clinging to life, the 8-year-old was breathing rapidly about 60 times per minute. He was near death, suffering from the final phases of typhoid. Doctors knew that he needed surgery immediately but would not likely survive the journey to a larger hospital in Port au Prince. So, the medical team went to work, desperately trying to save the little boy’s life.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Written by Todd R. Brown
New research indicates superfoods like blueberries and cinnamon may help combat certain diseases and cancers and fight infections.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Written by Lisa Hanchey
Patients opting for incisionless reflux surgery are back at work the next day — and medication free.
Belching, burning, bloating. These are just a few symptoms of heartburn, an all-too common malady among those of us who eat the rich, greasy food favored in Cajun country...
Wednesday, June 4, 2010
Written by Lisa Hanchey
Nurse-Family Partnership turns lives around for low-income mothers and kids.
Back in 2005, Lutricia Davis was in dire straits. The New Iberia native had lost a baby two years prior, and was recently unemployed. Her live-in boyfriend had also lost his job. Then, she discovered that she was pregnant. “We were doing really horrible at the time,” she recalls. “It was very, very bad.”
MAY 22 This post was written the day after the second line shooting in NOLA, by Brentin Mock. Mock is a friend of Deb "Big Red" Cotton, a blogger who was shot in the back and was seriously injured. It is a raw, emotional piece of writing, something the writer obviously felt he needed to get off his chest. But it raises questions that can't be easily dismissed, and might give some insight into where the source of these events truly is.
MAY 22 In this Baton Rouge Business Report post, Rolfe McCollister considers the privatization of bus service in Baton Rouge. After decades of under-funding, it is a mess, and although a tax (partially) passed last year, improvement hasn't happened yet. McCollister apparently feels it is time to let private business get in on the transit business.
MAY 22 This post on Bayou Buzz by Jeff Crouere urges the defeat of a bill that would grant modest pay increases over the next several years to the state's judges and clerks of court. The state is in no position to fund pay hikes, Crouere argues, with the pay increases costing a total of $9 million over several years. It sends the wrong message to the (proverbial) hard-working people of Louisiana, he says.
MAY 22 The Advocate reports here that State Treasurer John Kennedy is complaining about a meeting of the corporation that oversees the state's tobacco settlement. The Governor wanted it restructured, and he has some support, but not a lot. The corporation agreed with his plan, but Kennedy didn't, and it appears that the meeting was noticed in a manner completely different than that of all previous meetings. Kennedy's given to hyperbole, but in this case the fish don't smell too fresh.
MAY 22 In this Advocate story, Carencro Police Chief Carlos Stout says the recent federal indictment of a strip club owner is all wrong. The indictment alleges that drugs and prostitution went on with impunity because club staff made arrangements with "local" police. Stout says it never happened, and while his cops do work security in the parking lot, they're not allowed inside.
MAY 22 This amusing post in DIG Baton Rouge recounts an ad that ran on Craig's List recently; the advertiser was seeking tenants for a Beauregard Town house. He knew his market, and wrote an ad that the most ironical hipster couldn't resist. Apparently, he really did know his market, because the ad worked like a charm.
MAY 22 In this post in The Lens, Mark Moseley comments on the rhetoric Gov. Jindal employed in trying to save his tax "reform" package. One interesting point concerns Jindal's use of his brother, Nikesh, in a little story. Nikesh left Louisiana because of his inability to get a decent job, the story goes, but the story won't hold water: Nikesh lives in DC, which has an income tax level comparable to Louisiana, Moseley says. If income taxes caused the dismal situation, it should exist in DC too. Right?
MAY 22 This post by columnist John Maginnis traces the trajectory of the bill that would fund construction at community and technical colleges -- and bypass the Board of Regents and traditional higher ed funding mechanisms. Sure, it will bust the legislature's self-imposed debt limit, but some leges feel that there's more need (because there is more growth) in the community and technical college area than in the university area, he says.
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