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Innovative COPD Procedure Helps Our Lady of the Lake Patient Breathe Easier

Innovative COPD Procedure Helps Our Lady of the Lake Patient Breathe Easier

Nov 15, 2023 | Patient Stories

Vicario Fletcher was having trouble breathing. At night, she would get winded just walking from her bed to the bathroom. She thought maybe it was her heart medication that was making her short of breath.  An appointment with her cardiologist in August 2020 confirmed...
Geaux Hero: Rose Marie Fife is on a Mission After Breast and Lung Cancer Diagnoses

Geaux Hero: Rose Marie Fife is on a Mission After Breast and Lung Cancer Diagnoses

Oct 11, 2023 | Cancer

No one ever needed to tell Rose Marie Fife to get an annual cancer screening. Her mother died of breast cancer at 74, so she consistently includes mammograms into her annual routine. But in 2006, her doctors found a lump indicating stage 1 breast cancer. She was 52 at...
Regular Screenings Detect Lung Cancer, Saving Her Life

Regular Screenings Detect Lung Cancer, Saving Her Life

Nov 24, 2021 | Cancer, Patient Stories

After five decades of smoking, Tana Allain was hesitant to go in for her first lung cancer screening. But regular screenings made a difference, helping her doctor to find and remove a tumor before it was too late. Allain encourages other smokers and former smokers to...
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The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is one of the largest healthcare systems based in Louisiana and the largest pediatric network in the state. The health system was organized in 1984 as a non-profit, Catholic organization, sponsored by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. FMOLHS is the leading healthcare provider for more than half of Louisiana’s population and Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the health system manages seven major medical centers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as an integrated Children’s Health network, Senior Services division, and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, known as FranU. Learn more about our ministry: 
Our Lady of the Lake, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Francis Medical Center, Our Lady of the Angels, St. Dominic’s.

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