medicine

Scientist fighting on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak have a connection to Louisiana and Tulane University.

State Senator Fred Mills hopes to fill in the blanks in Louisiana's confusing medical marijuana law. The law, passed in 1991, is absolutely useless unless the state legislature creates a way to monitor prescriptions, dispensation and regulation.

There is a ticking time bomb in your house. It's all those expired and unused medications in your medicine cabinet. Saturday State Police will help you dispose of those items properly as part of a national program with the Drug Enforcement Agency.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Twenty-seven states, including Louisiana, allow or require schools to stock epinephrine that's used to fight sometimes life-threatening allergic reactions caused by eating certain food products, such as peanuts, or bee stings.

Mad scientists have been hard at work trying to develop a sex-drive-enhancement drug for women ever since those wily old coots emerged nearly 15 years ago with a little blue pill called Viagra. Interestingly enough, it appears as if science is no match for men dedicated to breeding a society full of hornier women, because those fiends have done it.

It's the St Jude Give Thanks Walk. It's not a run, it's not a timed event, it's not a showcase for elite athletes, it's a walk. A short simple stroll beginning at Parc San Souci in downtown Lafayette.

During a visit to the doctor, we almost always grab a waiting-room magazine to take our mind off what's to come. But health officials say those very periodicals could pose a health risk and actually make people sick, particularly if they're left out for a lengthy period of time and handled by multitudes of people.

It would seem like getting a yearly physical would make you less likely to die of an otherwise undiagnosed malady than someone who doesn't go in for such checkups. But that may not be the case.

You’ve heard it countless times in ads and commercials — 4 out of 5 doctors recommend a brand, a treatment or even a medical facility. But what does that fifth doctor recommend?

It seems the magic of Hadacol was in its preservative. The preservative turned out to be 12% alcohol.Making it a real hit in the dry parishes and counties of the Deep South.

Flu vaccines have always been dreaded by those who hate shots, but this year a company called PharmaJet introduced a device that uses “a high-pressure steam of liquid to pierce the skin and deliver the vaccine.” The needle-phobics rejoiced. But now the FDA is saying, Not so fast.

The problem with any drug is the risk of side effects. You know those words they whisper really fast on the drug commercials that usually include death. Believe it or not for many of the ailments that we run to the drug store for, Mother Nature has already found the cure.

I can always tell the season is changing, why?  Because I get sick, and I start to move like a tortoise.  But being a college student, mommy isn't there to make sure I take my medicine or take me to the doctor..so what do I do, just take some advil and Zyrtec.  What's your best advice about over the counter medicine..what really works?  What should I be taking?

Grab that..it'll help cure your problem!  Really?  Like what things, and what can it cure Brad? But, as it turns out, everyday items have secret curing powers, too.

Ever feel like you waiting so long just to see the doctor for 2 or 3 minutes?  Well it seems that most doctors have a few things to do, and on top of that, a few tips for you to get a better relationship with your doctor!

Medical science has made some amazing breakthroughs and even though our insurance companies don't want to pay for us to use any of them it's still good to know our prospects for good health continue to grow. Sleep apnea, familiar with it? If you live with someone who snores I bet you are.