Health

With countless reports weighing in on the unfit conditions of the great American waistline expansion project, it should come as no surprise that the battle of the bulge is in no way coming to a screeching halt.

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DHH gives the OK to lift boil advisory after water tested safe.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama administration officials say they have some good election-year news for seniors.

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The State Health Department says 39 more human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Louisiana this week. That brings to 215 the number of reported infections in our state this year.

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This morning in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large sugar-laden drinks was approved by the Department of Health in a 9-1 vote.

How long do the Big Apple's Big Gulp enthusiasts have until they can't buy a soda bigger than 16 ounces?

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My husband has a service buddy who lives in Minnesota. He's one of those rough, tough guys who's been shot twice, been in a few bad car wrecks, plane crashes, etc. One day he fell off a ladder and cracked his skull open. He was rushed to the hospital where he remained unconscious.

The doctor and nurses didn't expect him to recover, telling his son that he'd probably be a vegetable. "You don't know my Dad," the son said. "He'll come through this."

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It was ninety years ago Sunday that the first Shriners' Hospital in the country opened its doors at the corner of Samford and Kings Highway in Shreveport.

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The era of the supersized cola may come to an end in New York City on Thursday.

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Today it was cool to wear jeans to work and school. "Miracle Jeans Day" was celebrated at Christus Schumpert Sutton Children's Medical Center in Shreveport.

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