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Posted 7:36 AM 10/8/2026 by Mia Monet

PORT ALLEN — On Thursday morning, the West Baton Rouge Parish Health Clinic is hosting a free health screening fair.

This is a great chance for citizens to get their BMI, height, weight, glucose, blood sugar, blood pressure and more checked.

“People need to know their (More)

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Posted 4:58 PM 10/6/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, a time dedicated to honoring grieving families and bringing attention to a painful reality: roughly 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and about 21,000 U.S. babies are stillborn (More)

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Posted 4:27 PM 10/6/2026 by WBRZ Staff

Most breast cancers are diagnosed in women with no family history of the disease and new data shows many women are aware of lifestyle changes that could lower their risk but are not making them.

The American Cancer Society estimates more than 30 percent of breast cancers are considered (More)

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Posted 5:19 PM 9/30/2026 by CNN Newsource

BATON ROUGE — A new study analyzing nearly 25 years of U.S. Poison Center data reveals a surprising age shift in intentional substance exposures at schools.

Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital examined over 122,000 cases involving students ages 6 to 18 (More)

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Posted 5:21 AM 9/28/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — If your child plays sports after school, make sure they are properly fueled so they have the energy to compete and play. 

Registered dietitian Jennifer Hyland at the Cleveland Clinic says her general advice is to make sure kids eat carbohydrates before playing (More)

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Posted 4:38 PM 9/30/2026 by CNN Newsource

BATON ROUGE — At 69 years old, Bobby Hager ignored the aching in his legs until a family boating trip turned his discomfort into unbearable agony.

"It was like a toothache that just constantly shot pain right up my leg," Bobby recalled. "I (More)

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Posted 5:50 AM 9/21/2026 by April Davis

CLEVELAND - A sleep specialist at Cleveland Clinic is weighing in on whether popular sleep products like blue light filtering glasses and magnesium supplements actually help people sleep better.

Brian Chen, MD, a sleep specialist at Cleveland Clinic, said blue light filtering glasses don't (More)

Posted 2:45 PM 9/18/2026 by Charleigh Thomas

BATON ROUGE — Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, University of Illinois Chicago and Baylor College of Medicine have identified a brain pattern that may explain the relationship between pregnancy and certain food cravings.

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Posted 6:53 PM 9/17/2026 by WBRZ Staff

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, a bipartisan Senate committee held a hearing focused on what lawmakers are calling the "menopause care gap," a term used to describe critical shortfalls in care for the more than 1 million U.S. women who go through menopause every year.