• Just like breastfed babies have a lower risk of illness, so do breastfeeding moms. Moms who breastfeed have a lower risk of high blood pressure (hypertension), type 2 diabetes, and ovarian cancer and certain types of breast cancer.

• The thymus, which is located behind the breastbone, is one of the organs of the immune system. The thymus is where immune cells – white blood cells – called T lymphocytes (T cells) mature. The thymus begins to shrink when we are young adults. By middle age, it is only about 15 percent of its maximum size.

In Louisiana alone, approximately half a million people have diabetes, and almost 40% of the adult population are “prediabetic.” According to the Center for Disease Control’s National Diabetes Fact Sheet, the state of Louisiana ranks ninth for the highest.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men in the U.S, with over 170,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. In 2019 alone, it is estimated that there were over 31,000 prostate cancer-related deaths. This means that approximately one out of seven U.

THROUGH MAY 25: REMEMBERING 47 YEARS, LIBBEY GLASS OF SHREVEPORT.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, also known as lupus, is an inflammatory, multi-systemic, autoimmune disease with clinical manifestations that can change frequently and unexpectedly. Lupus can be mild, severe and anything in between. This disease can affect any part of the body from head to toe.

THROUGH MAY 25: REMEMBERING 47 YEARS, LIBBEY GLASS OF SHREVEPORT.

THROUGH APRIL 24: HOLY ANGELS 20TH ANNUAL DAVID RICE MEMORIAL ANGEL RUN & WALK.