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Weekend Warriors: Protecting Your Body While Staying Active
For many adults, weekends are prime time to get active. Whether it’s running, cycling, basketball or hiking, these short bursts of intense activity can energize your...
Healthy-ish Halloween: Treats, Tricks and Tips
Halloween is all about fun, candy and costumes, but it can also be an opportunity to sneak in some healthier options and keep every child safe from food allergies....
Staying Active During Fall Break: 4 Ways to Move as a Family
When school takes a pause for fall break, kids are ready to rest, recharge and maybe spend a little too much time on screens. But keeping your family active is easier...
‘Like My Chest Exploded’: Cassie’s Story of Surviving an Aortic Dissection
It was supposed to be an ordinary summer day in Vacherie. Cassie Falgoust, 55, was outside doing yard work while her husband mowed nearby. She started weed eating when...
Guided by Faith. Driven to Serve.
For Lyle Prejean, BSN, RN, director of emergency services for Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, nursing has always been more than a career. It’s a calling...
Geaux Hero: Choosing Joy During Pediatric Cancer Journey
When you meet 12-year-old Kinley Spencer of Youngsville, the first thing you notice isn’t her diagnosis. It’s her personality. “She is as funny as they come,” her...
Vibrio, Sepsis and Survival: HF’s Story of Hope and Healing
For more than 36 years, Herman “HF” Middleton and his wife, Regina, have shared life side by side. They married in 1989, the same year Regina began her career as a...
Landon’s Fight with Flu: Don’t Wait to Get Vaccinated
What began as a mild fever and cough quickly spiraled into a life-or-death emergency for 3-year-old Landon. Within just 36 hours of being diagnosed with the flu, he was...
Geaux Hero: Jason Survives Heart Attack on ‘a Pulse and a Prayer’
On an ordinary Saturday evening, Jason Moore walked into work at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, just like he had countless times before. As a security...
Geaux Hero: From Playground Accident to Pediatric Stroke Survivor
When you think of a stroke, you probably picture an adult in their 60s or 70s. But for 11-year-old Cole Ditmore, it happened after an accident on a playground in...
From 1 Pound to Home: Zion’s Incredible NICU Journey
When Magan Darby and Damion Celestine welcomed their son Zion at just 25 weeks, he weighed only 1 pound, 5 ounces, small enough to fit in the palm of their hands. “That...
From Indiana to Louisiana for the Right Doctor at the Right Time
When 16-year-old Maria Kovach from Indiana started having unexplained problems with swelling and discomfort in her mouth, her family never imagined it would lead them...