July 20, 2023

Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic (BROC) announced the addition of its newest therapy location in Gonzales, La. This newly remodeled location located at 625 S. Burnside Drive, Unit 9, provides physical therapy to patients in the greater Ascension area with the latest therapy gym enhancements. BROC physicians, Mike Blanchard, MD, Chad Loup, MD, and Ben Robichaux, MD, are located close by at the BROC Gonzales clinic.

July 20, 2023

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Gonzales has announced the availability of a new radiation treatment option, PLUVICTO, for patients with an advanced prostate cancer diagnosis - prostate-specific membrane antigen-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (PSMA-positive mCRPC). The Cancer Center is the first provider in the region to offer this radiation treatment.

July 20, 2023

Local doctors are putting down their stethoscopes to pick up guitars, drums, and microphones for a benefit concert that will raise funds to support youth sports. Orthopaedic surgeon, Wame Waggenspack, MD, with Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic is bringing his band Blue Verse together for regional nonprofit organization, BROC Foundation, for the inaugural BROC, Rock, & Wine presented by Audi Baton Rouge.

July 20, 2023

Ochsner Health and Novant Health have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to enter a collaborative partnership, focused on expanding access to care across the southeastern United States for the 65+ population. This unique approach to care delivery aims to meet the needs of adults 65 and over and provide benefits beyond medical care, including social support and wellness resources to care for the whole person.

July 20, 2023

A group of 50 pediatric burn survivors from the area are at Baton Rouge General’s Camp Catahoula, a free, week-long camp held annually in Lawrence, Miss. Camp Catahoula provides summer fun like swimming, fishing, horseback riding, and games along with the chance for burn survivors to share their experiences with other survivors who have faced the same trauma, all as part of the healing process.