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The results of a 30-year-long study conducted by the American Heart Association on high blood pressure were just released and the findings are concerning. If you have ever had your blood pressure taken at the doctor's office you were most likely sitting upright. This new study found that doctors may miss "certain health complications" if the patient is not lying on their back when getting their blood pressure taken.

The life-saving drug was just approved for over-the-counter sale and Neighbor's Pharmacy wants the public to be informed.

A post on the popular Lafayette Memories Facebook page has already yielded some answers in this search.

Here's how you can keep yourself safe when swimming or even using tap water.

There are currently more than 104,000 people on the national transplant waiting list, but one of them was saved by a mother in Opelousas.

The latest internet hack shows you how to remove a Band-Aid without the pain that accompanies it.

The FDA's major announcement paves the way for potential treatment.

There are a lot of great options locally, and it's hard to rank them.

Police in Kansas raid a hospital room of a cancer patient after a report of him using a vape.

RSV is on the rise all over, according to medical and health experts.

Katie announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in June and just finished radiation treatment earlier this month.

Nearly a month of after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in LDH Region 1 - which consists of Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson, and St. Bernard parishes - the first case of the virus has been confirmed in the Acadiana region.

Wondering how Chris Rock's face feels after Will Smith caught him with a right hook at the Academy Awards? I would dare to say it might be the equivalent of the pain that comes from TMJ. If you have experienced this kind of pain and think you could be suffering from TMJ, here are it's common symptoms and some tips for pain management.

The school has changed its requirements regarding masks for students, faculty, employees, and visitors while on campus.

Jaxon has been doing dialysis every night for 12 hours. But that's about to change.

Health experts are warning you and me to stop drinking leftover water that may be in the soft plastic bottles.

All proceeds are donated to the RSDSA Organization to benefit those fighting with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

If you ate nothing but pork skins out of the bag, cracklins, or nothing but highly fatty meats could you or would you lose weight?

Ochsner Health is making policy changes that will not only affect its employees but their spouses as well.

The next deadline to enter is Friday, July 23.