whether or not to visit the emergency room is something most everyone has struggled with before. Many people aren’t sure when to utilize an emergency room, go to urgent care or call 9-1-1.

Child victims of crime and negligence need love, support and personal belongings. Local non-profit Geaux 4 Kids Inc. provides just that with a “Geaux Bag” for children in crisis within the first 24 hours they are placed in foster care. A Geaux Bag is full of new, age-specific, right-sized necessities and clothing for infants to teens.

Long before “convenience” became a buzzword in health-care marketing, Willis-Knighton Health System was focusing on it. Opening the first satellite hospital in Louisiana in 1983, the health system took health care into the suburbs in southwest Shreveport.

One thing we have all learned through the COVID-19 pandemic is that baseline physical health is critical to survival; not only from a viral threat, but other risks to our well-being. If you do not already have a physical therapist (PT) on your healthcare team, wait no longer.

Prospective patients can immerse themselves in the concept by visiting the Discovery Experience, located next to the food court inside the Pierre Bossier Mall in Bossier City. The Discovery Experience offers visitors a preview of the two centers that Partners in Primary Care plans to open in the Shreveport and Bossier City areas in the coming months.

One method that has shown tremendous promise at CHRISTUS Shreveport- Bossier Health System is the addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the treatment plans of patients who exhibit severe COVID-19 symptoms. At CHRISTUS, we remain the only health-care system in the region breathing.

With the back-to-school season starting, it’s essential to gear up for a new routine when it comes to keeping your kids safe and healthy. Even with extra precautions and safety measures in place, many parents are concerned and nervous about potentially exposing their children to coronavirus.