School of Medicine

The Pulse - December 2023

School of Medicine In the News

LSU School of Medicine faculty are asked nearly every day to share their expertise on any number of health issues. Here is just a sampling of features and interviews from August 1 – October 31, 2023:

Obesity, mental health focus of Xavier roundtable with Rep. Troy Carter | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Fear and Halloween | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSUA announces groundbreaking partnership with LSU Health Services | KALB

Monitoring cold medicine usage | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Parkway Bakery, Al Copeland Foundation and Crystal Hot Sauce Conquer Cancer with Thanksgiving Poor Boy | New Orleans Magazine

Knowing the sign of a sinus infection or cold | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

How young is too young for horror movies? | WWL-AMFM

Safe Halloween costumes for kids | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

How taking care of your mental health can make you a more productive worker | WWL-AMFM

Smoke-fog combo creating health risks due to poor air quality in New Orleans | WWL-TV

Smoke Health Impact | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSU Health gets $7.5M grant and more area college news | The Advocate/Times Picayune/NOLA.com

LSU Health New Orleans Foundation Receives $7.5M Gift | Biz New Orleans

THUMBS UP - The estate of Marcia and Billy Beer | Gambit/NOLA.com

Scientists are working for a breakthrough on pancreatic cancer | The Advocate/Times Picayune/NOLA.com

Dentists catch oral cancers, while primary care doctors may discover blood cancers | The Advocate/Times Picayune/NOLA.com

Breast self-exam saves lives, so pay attention to body's small changes | The Advocate/Times Picayune/NOLA.com

Practicing healthy habits before a doctor visit | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Identifying the causes and symptoms of chest pains | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSU Health New Orleans Brings Sophisticated Science to Students at STEM Fest | New Orleans Newswire

Warning signs of Pancreatitis | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Historic Gift to LSU Health New Orleans Foundation Makes Medical School Attainable Through Scholarships | New Orleans Newswire

LSU Health Study: Clinic Program Boosts Food Security, Health | Mirage News

Q&A: Providers must listen, recognize GI ‘alarm signals’ in pediatric patients | Healio

Virtual medical appointments | WVUE-TV, Fox8

How to tell if it's tonsillitis or a strep throat infection | WVUE-TV

How to deal with panic attacks | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

What makes a good fright so irresistible? | WWLAMFM

Why some people are into scary movies and when you should let your kids watch them | Louisiana Radio Network

How the body changes as you age | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Discovery provides new therapeutic approaches to AMD | Drug Discovery World

Heart attack risks in women increase as they get older | WVUE--TV, Fox 8

Doctors weigh in on health concerns about saltwater intrusion | WWL-TV

Drug Shortages | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSU Health Discovers Potential Aid for Ischemic Stroke Recovery | Mirage News

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes vs White Youth | Clinical Advisor

LSU Health New Orleans Discovery May Complement Recovery from Ischemic Stroke | NOLA Newswire

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Versus White Youth | Physician's Weekly

Discovery may complement recovery from ischemic stroke | Medical XPress

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Versus White Youth | WFMZ

Previewing UMC Fall Health Fest | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Versus White Youth | Independent Record

Health professions trainee introduces military health history to medical students | VA News

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Versus White Youth | Southern Illinoisan

HbA1c Higher in Black Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Versus White Youth | Drugs.com

Doctor warns parents of melatonin use for kids | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

How AI could help Baton Rouge cancer patients face fewer scans, get better treatment | Times Picayune/The Advocate

New Director of Undergrad Ed for BR Campus of LSU Health NO Named | Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge

LSU Health: Diabetes Significantly Higher in Young Black Patients | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Symptom to watch for in high blood pressure | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

New Director of Undergrad Ed for BR Campus of LSU Health NO Named | Healthcare Journal of New Orleans

What stress does to make you sicker | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

‘Remarkable advance’ could help babies and vulnerable groups against this respiratory virus | Times Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate

Foy Promoted at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine in Baton Rouge | Biz New Orleans

A fresh batch of COVID vaccines is arriving in Louisiana. Here’s what you should know. | The Times Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate

St. Bernard Parish neighbors stock up on water ahead of the saltwater intrusion | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

A New Coronavirus Shot Available to Protect Against Latest Variant | Express Healthcare Management

Flu vaccinations now available locally – offers protection against four strains of the virus | WWL-TV

How to prepare for flu season | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Study Shows the Major Measure of Diabetes Is Significantly Higher in Young Black Patients | ReachMD

LSU Health New Orleans Releases Latest Report on Cancer in Louisiana | New Orleans Newswire

Dangers of Consuming Saltwater | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

A veteran started a gun shop. When a struggling soldier asked him to store his firearms – he started saving lives. | CBS News

Study Reveals that Type 2 Diabetes Marker Far More Prevalent in Young Blacks | TrialSite News

Study: Researchers discover a key failure in AMD that may lead to progression and vision loss | Modern Retina

What to know about COVID, flu, RSV, and vaccines | WWL-AMFM

Study Finds Role of Biosynthetic Fatty Acid Pathway Insufficiencies in Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Eyewire+

Study: Researchers discover a key failure in AMD that may lead to progression and vision loss | Ophthalmology Times

'Your world stops' - ovarian cancer devastates woman who now hopes to help others | WWL-TV

Study shows the major measure of diabetes is significantly higher in young Black patients | Medical XPress

LSU Health New Orleans Studies New PTSD Treatment | Biz New Orleans

LSU Health New Orleans Study Identifies a Potential New Approach to PTSD Treatment | ReachMD

New Insights on Fear Memory Formation Could Inform PTSD Treatment | Technology Networks

Signs of aneurysms | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Study: Black cancer patients have much higher rates of COVID hospital stays | CIDRAP

Black cancer patients in Louisiana more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than white cancer patients, study says | Verite News

LSU Health Study Unveils Potential New PTSD Treatment Approach | Mirage News

Study identifies a potential new approach to PTSD treatment | Medical XPress

Cerebellar inhibitory interneurons essential for fear memory, study finds | News Medical

Scientists find new treatment for PTSD | Knowridge Science Report

LCMC Neuroscience Symposium | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSU HEALTH: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Research quantifies effect of chronic diseases on racial disparity in COVID-associated hospitalizations | Medical XPress

Researchers discover new mechanism in progression of age-related macular degeneration | Head Topics

LSU Health New Orleans researchers discover a key failure in AMD that may lead to progression and vision loss | InvesBrain

Infections linked to warm coastal waters | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Researchers Discover the Missing Link in AMD Progression and Vision Loss | Ophthalmology Breaking News

Researchers discover new mechanism in the progression of age-related macular degeneration | News Medical Net

LSU Researchers Discover Key Factor in AMD Vision Loss | Mirage News Australia

Key failure in AMD that may lead to progression and vision loss | Awesome Capital

FDA approves updated COVID-19 booster shots | Louisiana Radio Network

LSU neurologist has 'great hope' of a quick recovery for Demario Davis' 4-year-old daughter | WWL-TV

Looking for signs of skin cancer | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

LSU Health 'Royal Teal Tea Luncheon' benefiting Gynecologic Oncology | WWL-TV

Jimmy Buffett died of same cancer that claimed life of Al Copeland. Is there a cure? | WWL-TV

Gov. Edwards touts state funding for Higher Ed during a stop at LSU Health New Orleans | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Governor Speaks at LSU Health New Orleans | WGNO-TV

Governor Edwards Visits LSU Health New Orleans | WWL-TV

Jimmy Buffet Passes Away Due To Rare Form Of Skin Cancer | WWL-AMFM

Managing pain in your joints | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Narcan to be over the counter this week | Louisiana Radio Network

MMR vaccination rates are dropping in Louisiana | WWL-AMFM

Head Lice: What Parents Need to Know | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

What is multiple myeloma? | WWL-TV

Steve Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer. He plans to work during treatment. | The Advocate, NOLA.com

Multiple myeloma, what is it and how is treated | Louisiana Radio Network

What is multiple myeloma? - Rep. Scalise says he's been diagnosed with "very treatable" cancer | WWL-TV

Remembering Dr. Peter Scharf | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Dr. Peter Scharf Celebration of Life | WDSU-TV

Peter Scharf, longtime New Orleans criminologist, dies at 78 | NOLA.com

NOLA East shooting latest in alarming trend of shootings involving children | WWL-TV

Peter Scharf, renowned criminologist, dies at 78 | WWL-TV

New Orleans criminologist Peter Scharf dies at 78 | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Longtime New Orleans criminologist Dr. Peter Scharf dies at 78 | WLOX-TV

New Orleans longtime criminologist dead at 78 | WDSU-TV

New Orleans criminologist Peter Scharf dies after battling brief illness | WGNO-TV

Criminologist, WWL regular Peter Scharf dies at 78 | WWL-AMFM

LSU Health expert reacts to the Marathon fire; says children get higher doses of pollution | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

How to tell if headaches are symptoms of a more serious problem | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Fentanyl is killing hundreds in southeast Louisiana | WWL-AMFM

Fire captain dies from cancer likely caused by work as firefighter | WAFB-TV

Heat Illness | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

FDA issues antibiotics warning | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

News Ways Doctors Can Treat Cancer | WWL-AMFM

LSU Health : How Many Daily Steps to Lengthen Your Life? Fewer Than You Might Think | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Why you should cut down on antacids while treating heartburn | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Suicide in the US is at an all-time high | WWL-AMFM

The most ignored cancer symptoms | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Symptoms of mental exhaustion | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Hepatitis A vaccine required for students | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

New Orleans LSU Health joins international partnership in latest breast cancer study | WGNO-TV

LSU Health New Orleans Doctor Makes Fascinating Find Linking Lone Star Tick Bites to Meat Allergies | KPEL

How extreme heat can be damaging to your long-term health | WDSU-TV

The rise in COVID cases and hospitalization in Louisiana. | WWL-AMFM

LSU Health Research suggests a new approach for treatment-resistant breast cancers | Science Magazine

How heat can impact your mental health | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

New approach for treatment-resistant breast cancers — ScienceDaily | News Concersn

New approach for treatment-resistant breast cancers | Science Daily

LSU Health Proposes Novel Treatment for Resistant Breast Cancer | Mirage News

DeBlieux to Lead LSU Health Advanced Education, Simulation | Healthcare Journal of New Orleans

Is Intermittent Fasting Right For You | WWL-TV

COVID hospitalizations in Louisiana double | WWL-AMFM

CDC recommends new vaccine for babies to prevent RSV | Louisiana Radio Network

LDH report shows statewide hike in COVID positivity rates | Louisiana Radio Network

Covid-19 surge hits New Orleans: A new subvariant on the rise | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

COVID Cases on the Rise Again | WWL-TV

Study Reveals Significant Difference in Cardiomyopathy Genes Between Black and White Patients | Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Signs of extremely high blood pressure | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Hospitalizations double as COVID cases continue to rise | WWL-TV

LSU medical students become foodies at summer camp | WGNO-TV

How hot is too hot for your body to function properly? | WWL-TV

What to drink in this heat? Water is the only really good answer | WWL-TV

Resources for parents after baby's death | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Researchers say new cancer treatment targets only cancer cells | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Healthy Living: Salmonella | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Ovarian Cancer: Myths vs. Facts | WVUE-TV, Fox 8

Psoriasis symptoms and treatment | WVUE-TV, Fox 8