Each of our lives is built much like a quilt. They are made up of bits and pieces of happiness and sadness all stitched together with love... More

When walking into Mandy Bradley’s classroom, the most noticeable thing isn’t the plethora of artwork and posters decorating the walls or the Eiffel Towers made from poster board leftover from a dance last year hanging from the ceiling, it’s the interaction she has with her students... More

Just call her the grant queen. Zachary Elementary School Principal Jennifer Marangos has become the go-to for Zachary Community Schools when it comes to grants... More

Copper Mill Elementary Principal Dewey Davis’s Little League baseball experience didn’t start out as a pleasant one... More

Millions of people travel to Washington, D.C. every year to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but there are also millions who never get the chance to see it... More

Any visit to Cajun Country starts in the heart of Acadiana-Lafayette, where Acadian Village and Vermilionville both offer authentic Acadian cultural experiences... More

Patients may not know which procedure is right for their particular vision problem... More

Most women equate preventive medicine with their annual exam. This makes me happy as a gynecologist because it is usually easier, and much more satisfying, to prevent disease than to treat it... More

The annual G.Y.N. visit for some women is worse than the dreaded trip to the dentist. In most cases this visit consists of a breast exam and a pelvic exam. It can be a very emotional and distressing time for a young lady, mature woman, or a new or even an established patient... More

In the United Sates, 50 percent of the adult population suffers from painful and unsightly vein diseases. The most common forms are varicose and spider veins... More

As we get older, the natural lens inside the eye undergoes a series of changes that result in different types of vision loss. Two primary causes of vision loss with age are presbyopia and cataracts... More

Advertisements for dental care products are everywhere these days, and they have introduced many Americans to the term “gingivitis.” What the advertisements don’t always say is that gingivitis is the beginning stage of a serious dental condition known as periodontal disease... More

The annual influenza season is just around the corner. Influenza, otherwise known as the flu, is caused by the influenza virus, which infects the respiratory tract (nose, throat and lungs). The flu often causes severe illness and life threatening complications in many people... More

Low back pain is one of the most common conditions and one of the leading causes of physician visits in the United States. In fact, four out of five adults will experience low back pain at some point in their lives... More

As a pediatric dentist we are faced with many difficult situations involving trauma to the teeth and face. Sports injuries are a large percentage of these injuries. Ironically the leading cause of these dental injuries are not related to football, but are the result of baseball and basketball accidents... More