“For an infant, breastmilk is the optimal food. It’s what babies are built to take in,” Monika Thompson, project manager and neonatal nurse practitioner at UH said. “Breastmilk has growth hormones, protects from infections, and it contains stem cells and vitamins and minerals we can’t reproduce in formula.

They hate school, but dread going home. They start fighting, cutting class, running away or committing crimes. They become truants or disciplinary problems for the school system and eventually, if not successfully turned around, for society through the school-toprison pipeline.

The event raises money to recruit and retain faculty and to provide up-to-date equipment and training for these future health-care providers. From funds raised in previous years, the hospital’s medical school was able to obtain the area’s only dual-console surgical robot.

Today’s business men have to do a lot more than just show up for work to be successful. To be a player in today’s business world he must have a broad base of knowledge, more than a little charisma and the staying power to compete with the enthusiasm and energy of younger men.

United Way of Northwest Louisiana announced that Judy Madison of Red River Bank will serve as 2016 United Way president, replacing 2015 President William Bradford of the city of Shreveport. President-elect for 2017 is Dr. Jerome Cox.

In 2001, Dentistry From The Heart started with New Port Richey dentist Dr. Vincent Monticciolo as a way of giving back to the community and providing aid to the growing number of Americans without dental insurance.

Shreveport Mayor Ollie Tyler will name June 9, "Billy’s Booger" Day, in honor of the release of William Joyce’s latest picture book. The proclamation will be given 3 p.m. today at the city counc

Here are the latest images updated the morning of June 9. Areas shown include 1-220, Clyde Fant along the Jimmie Davis Bridge, Lock and Dam, Loggy Bayou, Margaritaville, the Red River Marina, Rive