The 53rd graduating class of the North Oaks School of Radiologic Technology held their commencement ceremony on July 6.
The class of 2022 has a 100 percent job placement rate with six of the 14 graduates accepting positions with North Oaks Health System.
The Ochsner Andrews Sports Medicine Institute will offer Sideline Summer School, a Baton Rouge-based program for helping coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare providers improve the safety of student-athletes and recognize sports-related injuries. The event is free for all attendees.
The program takes place from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Aug. 1 at Brown-Holt Theatre on the campus of The Dunham School, located at 11236 Roy Emerson Drive in Baton Rouge. Onsite check-in begins at 7 a.m.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, through its Prevention on the Go program, will host free cancer screenings on July 30 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Hispanic Apostolate of the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, 6380 Hooper Road. Residents of East Baton Rouge Parish and surrounding communities are invited to take advantage of this no-cost screening opportunity.
Eligible participants can be screened for four types of cancer, including breast, colorectal, prostate, and skin cancers at no out-of-pocket cost. To make an appointment, call (225) 425-8034.
Summer is often a time to kick back and relax, but Louisiana Healthcare Connections wants to remind those living with diabetes that it’s not a time to get out of your routine for managing diabetes. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people living with diabetes get dehydrated more quickly, and extreme heat can change how your body uses insulin, so checking sugar levels more often is important.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has received reports of West Nile virus present in more than 175 mosquito pools this year, a number much higher than last year at this time, when 13 pools tested positive.
The high number of positive cases in the pool samples means there is a greater risk of West Nile virus spreading to humans, though no human cases of West Nile virus have been reported this year so far. The Office of Public health is urging the public to take protective measures against mosquito bites.
