Experts: Busy lifestyles, lax parenting often compound child obesity
Type 2 diabetes, elevated levels of cholesterol, heart disease, increased risk of stroke. This might sound like the diagnosis of a 60-year-old, but it’s an increasingly common health assessment for...
View ArticleBaton Rouge business incubator has 4 tenants
A business incubator focused on developing local biotechnology companies has its first four tenants at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
View ArticleNOLA startups seek to build on venture capital connections
By targeting investors with local ties, Idea Village CEO Tim Williamson hopes that local startups will be able to make full use of platforms such as New Orleans Entrepreneur Week to showcase their...
View ArticleJindal: Medical marijuana OK if tightly controlled
Gov. Bobby Jindal says he supports making medical marijuana available in Louisiana as long as it is tightly controlled.
View ArticleHealth records network could become business portal
Dr. Anjum Khurshid and his colleagues at the Louisiana Public Health Institute have a busy 18 months ahead as they prepare to build the state’s first network of medical records systems in time to...
View ArticlePennington Biomedical Research Foundation selects new CEO
The foundation has selected fundraising executive Carol Dreher as its new president and chief executive officer.
View ArticleGrant to fund research on virus testing in Louisiana’s Black communities
Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center have secured a major COVID-19 research grant to focus on testing in Louisiana’s Black communities,...
View ArticleResearchers studying why exercise makes some people healthier
Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center are looking at why some people benefit more from exercise than others, and whether age, genes and other factors play a role.
View ArticleLouisiana research institutions studying ‘Long COVID’
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine are investigating why some people are still sick many months after being infected with the virus.
View ArticleNew bariatric center opens in Baton Rouge
The Metamor Institute has opened at Pennington Biomedical Research Center to treat obesity, which affects around 40% of Louisiana residents.
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