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LCMC Health Hospitals Welcome New Physicians  
St. Tammany Health System kicks off Lung Cancer Awareness campaign
LCMC Health Hospitals Honor Veterans Day
CIS Earns Dual Gold Awards from the American Heart Association
Applications Now Open for Inaugural Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine Class
St. Tammany Health System Launches Annual Lung Cancer Campaign
LCMC Health Hospitals Host Health Events, Donation Drives
LCMC Health, Helix Launch Genomics Initiative  
December 2, 2025
New Study Overturns Assumptions about AF...

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing difficulties of sleep apnea combined with the irregular heartbeat of atrial fibrillation (AFib) can result in life-threatening cardiovascular risks.

The standard treatment for AFib is catheter ablation, a procedure in which doctors create scars within the heart to stop the electrical impulses that cause irregular heart rhythms.

November 25, 2025
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham,...

By: Julie O'Donoghue-November 25, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abraham, a 71-year-old medical doctor, lives in rural Richland Parish and served as a Republican congressman representing Northeast Louisiana from 2015-21. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday. 

November 24, 2025
CDC Alters Autism Language on Vaccine-Sa...

* The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

By Dianne Marie Normand Hartley

November 24, 2025
LSU Biomedical Research Center Adds Outs...

By: Piper Hutchinson  Nov. 19, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has appointed Dr. Robert Malone, a scientist and conspiracy theorist who gained fame by spreading vaccine misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, as an adjunct professor.

November 24, 2025
Scientists Uncover New On-Switch for Pai...

Researchers at Tulane University, with a team of colleagues from eight other universities, have discovered a new nerve cell signaling mechanism that could transform our understanding of pain and lead to safer, more effective treatments.