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Covering Your Health: Stroke Awareness Month Health

WEBLower performing states do poorly on managing risk factors, as well as health education and access to healthcare. Now, let's examine the most common reason …

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Covering Your Health: Bird flu spread to humans causes …

WEBLAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — New CDC data tracking cases of bird flu in cattle shows it could be more widespread than predicted because there's now the first known …

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Continued FDA testing finds no active bird flu virus in …

WEB(CNN) — Ongoing testing of milk and dairy products by the US Food and Drug Administration has not found any active H5N1 bird flu virus in 297 samples of products …

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Covering Your Health: Louisiana near top in US for STDs

WEBUnfortunately, the latest numbers show Louisiana is leading the nation for one STD and is in the top 10 for the others. But first, what do we mean by an STD? The …

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Covering Your Health: Marijuana Possible Reclassification

WEBThe US Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to follow previous recommendations and reclassify cannabis as a Schedule III to join Tylenol with codeine …

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Covering Your Health: O-negative blood desperately …

WEBDonating blood is easy as long as you are at least 17 years old, weigh 115 lbs., and don’t have any excluding medical conditions, you're eligible to donate. …

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Covering Your Health: Drug shortages reach 10-year high

WEBThis includes many drugs we use for the critical care of our patients. In fact, we have 323 active drug shortages, a 10-year high. The list includes many important …

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Covering Your Health: Syphilis cases rising in Louisiana

WEBExperts say cases are on the rise significantly across the state. Currently, Louisiana ranks No. 9 in the nation with the number of cases reported last year. There …

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Covering Your Health: CDC reducing guidelines for upper …

WEBThe new guidelines reflect a more common sense approach. Essentially, health experts are recommending a return to normal activities when symptoms improve …

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Covering Your Health: Measles herd immunity at risk

WEBExperts caution the threshold needs to be closer to 95% for measles to remain eradicated. The map of measles vaccine coverage shows Louisiana is at about 90%. …

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Covering Your Health: Risks from too much salt Health kadn.com

WEBSalt is unquestionably the most common and essential seasoning in the world but too much of it can harm your health. Let’s face it. We eat way too much salt. Salt is …

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Covering Your Health: Biology of Spring Health kadn.com

WEBA primitive part of your brain links directly to the eye and senses this change of season, which triggers subconscious changes. Studies show our ability to notice …

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Covering Your Health: What is colorectal cancer and what are …

WEBCovering Your Health: Plastics Environmental Impact Quiz. Updated Apr 22, 2024; Health. How to talk to kids about a cancer diagnosis, according to experts. Mar …

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Covering Your Health: Stroke Awareness Month Video kadn.com

WEBMay is Stroke Awareness Month. Hundreds of thousands of people across America and right here in Acadiana suffer from strokes almost minute by minute. But …

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Covering Your Health: Take the heart disease quiz

WEBOver the last 20 years, the rate of smoking has decreased 5%, 10%, or 15%? Answer: 10%. In 2004, about 23% of the US smoked, compared to 13% now. And …

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Louisiana cold snap claims 2 lives due to hypothermia, LDH …

WEB0. Thermometer. (CREDIT: MGN) BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health is confirming two winter weather-related deaths in Sabine and …

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Covering Your Health: National Introvert Week Health kadn.com

WEBThe concept of introverts and extroverts started in the early 1900s. Introverts prefer a quiet environment with less distraction. They prefer solo activities like reading, …

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Covering Your Health: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

WEBModern science shows health benefits to nut consumption. But to be fair, this is not specific to peanut butter. We can demonstrate reduced GI cancer, heart, kidney, …

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Walmart will close all of its health care clinics

WEBNEW YORK (CNN) — Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, will close all 51 of its health care centers in six states and end virtual health care services, …

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Covering Your Health: Plastics Environmental Impact Quiz

WEBCovering Your Health: Earth Day & Recycling. (KADN) — Earth Day is fast approaching. It is the day we take a step back to think about the impact we have on our …

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Health insurance giant roiled by cyberattack sets up loan program …

WEBThe president of the American Hospital Association, a health industry group, has called the cyberattack “the most serious incident of its kind leveled against a US …

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Gov.-elect Jeff Landry announces appointments to LDH, Wildlife

WEBUndersecretary of the Louisiana Department of Health —Michael Harrington Chief of Staff of the Louisiana Department of Health —Drew Maranto Executive Counsel …

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