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Proposals would limit cuts in Medicaid program
Updated: 4:39 PM 5/20/2013
BATON ROUGE - Proposals making it more difficult to cut the rates paid to hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of Medicaid patients are nearing final passage. Support from lawmakers comes despite concerns the constitutional amendments would further limit budget areas available to cut when Louisiana has financial woes... (More) -
Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'
Updated: 5:43 PM 5/16/2013
WASHINGTON - One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House has voted yet again to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it. Thursday's party-line vote marked the 37th time in a little over two years that the House has voted to eliminate, defund... (More) -
Making changes to avoid breast cancer
Updated: 5:31 PM 5/14/2013
BATON ROUGE - Actress and director Angelina Jolie announced a difficult medical decision she made with her children in mind. Jolie underwent a double mastectomy after her doctors estimated she had an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer. A woman in Baton Rouge made the same tough choice... (More) -
US government files morning-after pill appeal
Updated: 12:00 PM 5/13/2013
NEW YORK - The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The appeal was filed shortly before a noon Monday deadline. Brooklyn federal Judge Edward Korman says politics is behind efforts by Secretary... (More) -
2 Your Health stories for May 10
Updated: 6:06 PM 5/10/2013
BATON ROUGE - Here are the 2 Your Health stories for May 10, 2013. Americans love to eat out, but cooking your own meals is better for waistlines. "It is the easiest thing you can do to improve your health," said Michael Pollan, author of the new book... (More) -
Woman in anti-smoking PSA says her daughter helped her kick the habit
Updated: 5:45 PM 5/8/2013
BATON ROUGE - Pictures are all that Tiffany Roberson has left of her mother, who died from lung cancer when Tiffany was just 16. "She missed out on, of course, senior prom, my high school and college. She missed out on the birth of my daughter," she told News... (More) -
Getting athletes back on the field after concussions
Updated: 10:25 AM 5/8/2013
BATON ROUGE- New technology is changing the way physical therapist and doctors treat and track concussions for student athletes. Using cognitive tests and balance measurements, Certified Athletic Trainers can get hard data on patients who have suffered a concussion and that can help doctors make a better decision on... (More) -
FDA wants cancer warnings for tanning beds
Updated: 2:32 PM 5/6/2013
WASHINGTON- Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA wants all tanning beds to issue warnings to people under the age of 18 about the risks of indoor... (More) -
Bill to restrict cough syrup sales pulled
Updated: 5:51 PM 5/1/2013
BATON ROUGE- You can get cough syrup containing dextromoethorphan on the shelf at just about any pharmacy. Some told News 2 they know several people who use it for more than a cough. "You mix it with like, Sprite, and you'll drink it to get high, " says... (More) -
FDA: Morning-after pill to move over-the-counter
Updated: 4:59 PM 4/30/2013
WASHINGTON - The Plan B morning-after pill is moving over-the-counter, a decision announced by the Food and Drug Administration just days before a court-imposed deadline. Tuesday, the FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription - and said it... (More)
