Joe Bluhm has worked on Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning animation productions and illustrated a New York Times bestselling picture book.

However, there are countless instances of unintentional overdose that can take a toll no less surprising and no less severe on the individuals and those with whom their lives intertwine.

As we head into Health Aging Month in September, LSU Health Shreveport has some tips to share on how we can all prioritize our health as we age.

The LSU Health Sciences Foundation will host the 12th annual An Evening for Healers at the Shreveport Convention Center on Thursday, Aug. 31.

The summer is over, and it is time for our kids to return to school. While most children adjust to the beginning of the school year in a month, there are certain things that parents can do to help make the adjustment easier. Interestingly, much of adapting to a new school year relates to how the previous school year ended.

People wear their health on their skin. One of the major threats to human skin health is natural sunlight. Premature skin aging and skin cancer are both related to a prolonged history of sun exposure. Skin aging can be divided into two basic processes: intrinsic or programmed aging and photoaging.

Students often begin preparing to apply for medical school as early as middle and high school by taking advanced science courses, attending pre-med workshops, shadowing physicians and even working in medical settings. For others, the desire to attend medical school comes later in their young lives, when they are.

Turning on the news in the morning, we viewers are often informed of yet another shooting in the United States. The U.S. has faced at least 202 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023.