March 21, 2024

The American Heart Association announced Kristen Gradney, MHA, RDN, LDN, chief wellness officer at LCMC Health, as the community volunteer chair of the 2023-2024 Baton Rouge Go Red for Women movement. Go Red for Women is a worldwide initiative of the American Heart Association designed to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women locally, nationally, and globally.

March 21, 2024

Louisiana Healthcare Connections, a Medicaid health plan serving the Louisiana Department of Health and a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), has been a steadfast ally for two farmers and their families, offering crucial support during challenging periods.

Maggie Long, the owner and operator of Mushroom Maggie's Farm in St. Francisville, faced multiple setbacks, including a devastating barn fire that left her husband, Cyrus, injured, and the subsequent challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 21, 2024

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) is commemorating more than five years of collaboration with the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN), an alliance of more than 70 healthcare systems committed to addressing health disparities. 

March 14, 2024

More than 800 adults in Baton Rouge are currently unhoused, living on the streets and in shelters. Providing quality medical care to this population can be extremely challenging because they are often seen as “treatment resistant.”

March 14, 2024

Pennington Biomedical's Jeffery Keller, PhD, has been named principal investigator to oversee Answer ALS' open access data repository, Neuromine. Serving as director for Pennington Biomedical's Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention and a professor of aging and neurodegeneration, Keller will help lead the growth of access to Answer ALS data repository.