health

When it comes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, it's not just about diet and exercise. It's also about the products we use in our daily lives, including laundry detergents. Many commonly available laundry detergents contain toxic ingredients like 1,4-dioxane, SLS/SLES, parabens, phosphates, sulfates, synthetic dyes, optical brighteners, and more. These chemicals can have adverse effects on our health, and they can be absorbed through our skin, our body's largest organ.

One store has already removed the products. Will others follow?

The results of a 30-year-long study conducted by the American Heart Association on high blood pressure were just released and the findings are concerning. If you have ever had your blood pressure taken at the doctor's office you were most likely sitting upright. This new study found that doctors may miss "certain health complications" if the patient is not lying on their back when getting their blood pressure taken.

The life-saving drug was just approved for over-the-counter sale and Neighbor's Pharmacy wants the public to be informed.

No more mask mandates in Texas!

I noticed after a few weeks that after watching an episode I would often feel a lift in my mood. I felt more energy and more mentally alert.

A post on the popular Lafayette Memories Facebook page has already yielded some answers in this search.

Here's how you can keep yourself safe when swimming or even using tap water.

There are currently more than 104,000 people on the national transplant waiting list, but one of them was saved by a mother in Opelousas.

The FDA's major announcement paves the way for potential treatment.

RSV is on the rise all over, according to medical and health experts.

Keeping up with our mental and physical health should always be on our to-do lists, but sometimes that doesn't always happen when the holidays start approaching. A few local businesses want to help with that.

Katie announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer back in June and just finished radiation treatment earlier this month.

Here we go, another trend on social media has caught the attention of health experts and they are saying to NOT do this.

Have you ever heard of someone taking paid menstrual leave? As a woman, I was shocked to find out that this is a 'thing!'

Wondering how Chris Rock's face feels after Will Smith caught him with a right hook at the Academy Awards? I would dare to say it might be the equivalent of the pain that comes from TMJ. If you have experienced this kind of pain and think you could be suffering from TMJ, here are it's common symptoms and some tips for pain management.

Jaxon has been doing dialysis every night for 12 hours. But that's about to change.

All proceeds are donated to the RSDSA Organization to benefit those fighting with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

We've all had hiccups and you know how annoying it can be, so what about a cure for them?

Amy Carrier is being recognized for her courage and her dedication to her students.