Cities In Louisiana

Abbeville	Hammond	New Orleans
Alexandria	Harvey	Opelousas
Baker	Haughton	Pineville
Bastrop	Houma	Plaquemine
Baton Rouge	Jennings	Ponchatoula
Bogalusa	Kenner	Prairieville
Bossier City	La Place	Rayne
Breaux Bridge	Lafayette	Ruston
Carencro	Lake Charles	Saint Martinville
Chalmette	Leesville	Shreveport
Covington	Mandeville	Slidell
Crowley	Marrero	Sulphur
Denham Springs	Metairie	Thibodaux
Deridder	Minden	Ville Platte
Eunice	Monroe	Walker
Franklinton	Morgan City	West Monroe
Gonzales	Natchitoches	Westwego
Gretna	New Iberia	Zachary

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Diabetes Treatment New Orleans LA

A progressively more complex and expensive array of treatments for Type 2 diabetes is being prescribed to an increasing number of adults in New Orleans, according to a report in the October 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Read more...

Women with Osteoporosis New Orleans LA

Vertebral fractures in New Orleans are the most common osteoporotic fracture, with prevalence estimates of 35 percent to 50 percent among women older than 50 years. About 700,000 vertebral fractures occur each year in the United States. Read more...

Inner Ear Anomalies in Children New Orleans LA

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), physicians can identify soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children. Read more...

Skin Cancer Prevention New Orleans LA

Skin cancer accounts for almost half of all cancers diagnosed in the United States, and there is both direct and indirect evidence that sun exposure can cause skin cancer," according to background information in the article. Outdoor lifeguards and aquatic instructors are particularly at high risk for overexposure to the sun because they are young and because they work outdoors. Read more...

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Hereditary Factors Contribute to Aneurysm Formation in Twins New Orleans LA

A study in the January issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery® in 2010, published by the Society for Vascular Surgery®, reveals robust epidemiological evidence that hereditary factors contribute to aneurysm formation in twins. Read on to find the detail of this study. Read more...

Long-term Depression Treatment for Teens New Orleans LA

According to the analysis of follow-up data from the NIMH-funded Treatment of Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), long-term treatment of adolescents with major depression is associated with continuous and persistent improvement of depression symptoms in most cases. Read more...

Size Matters-Obesity Leading Risk Factor in Atrial Enlargement New Orleans LA

According to findings published in the November 17th 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one’s risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of arrhythmia (Dictionary/Medical-Dictionary/Arrhythmia/)), stroke and death. Read more...

Particle Beam Radiation Therapy New Orleans LA

Particle beam radiation therapy, a technology used to treat several types of cancer, is considered by some clinicians to be better than traditional radiation in New Orleans, but there is limited evidence about its safety compared with other types of radiation therapy. Read more...

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