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Which Health Screenings Do I Need ... Diseases & Conditions, Primary Care, Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Men's Health

To be your best, make your health a priority. That means routine health screenings are important no matter your age! Health screenings can detect ...

Baton Rouge General, Rouses Team Up ... Health & Wellness, News, In the Community

BATON ROUGE, La. – Baton Rouge General (BRG) has teamed up with Rouses Markets to offer free health events, including glucose testing, blood pressure ...

COVID and Exercise: Why it's ... Coronavirus, Fitness, Heart & Vascular, Health & Wellness

Nearly three years into the pandemic, medical experts are still learning about the short and long-term effects COVID has on the body, from long COVID ...

Health To-Dos for the End of the Ye ... Primary Care, Health & Wellness

As the year comes to a close, there is still time to finish checking things off your wellness to-do list. Most insurance plans cover health screenings ...

Can Blue Light Damage My Skin? Primary Care, Health & Wellness, Women's Health, Dermatology

If you’ve been browsing and snagging cyber deals this week, you’ve had some extra spurts of screen time. Whether you actually got a good deal or not, ...

Baton Rouge General, YMCA Team Up ... Health & Wellness, News, In the Community

BATON ROUGE, La. – Baton Rouge General (BRG) is teaming up with the YMCA to “Boo the Flu,” bringing drive-thru and walk-up flu shot events to the ...

What You Need to Know This Flu Seas ... Diseases & Conditions, Health & Wellness

It’s been a light flu season the past two years because of COVID-19 restrictions, masking requirements and post-travel quarantines, but health ...

Do Expiration Dates on Medications ... Diseases & Conditions, Primary Care, Health & Wellness

If you’re like most people, you’ve got a hodge-podge of medications in your medicine cabinet - Nyquil from the time you had the flu three years ago, ...

That Annual Flu Shot May Help ... Diseases & Conditions, Health & Wellness

More than 55 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia with a staggering 10 million new cases ...

Eating Disorders on the Rise in ... Kids' Tips, Health & Wellness, Mental Health

Eating disorders affect 30 million people in the U.S., and 95 percent of them are between 12 and 25 years old. Unfortunately, these mental health ...

Baton Rouge General, Open Health ... Kids' Tips, Health & Wellness, News, In the Community, Mid City

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Baton Rouge General, in partnership with Open Health Care Clinic, is hosting a Back-to-School Community Bash on Saturday, August ...

The Big Benefits of B6 Health & Wellness

To ‘B,’ or not to ‘B,’ are you getting enough B? Vitamin B6 to be specific. Part of a family of eight different B vitamins, B6 may sometimes get ...