http://www.wwltv.com/news/health RSS Feed for WWL - News - Health en-us Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:58:27 GMT 2013-06-07T23:58:27Z en-us http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Warning-to-have-medications-ready-in-event-of-evacuation-power-outages-210645671.html Southeast Louisiana has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the country. Mix that with hurricane season and, for some, it can be a health disaster. And doctors want to prevent what happened in 2005. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:58:27 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Warning-to-have-medications-ready-in-event-of-evacuation-power-outages-210645671.html 2013-06-07T23:58:27Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Controversial-bill-to-protect-couples-using-surrogate-mothers-being-debated-210337571.html In a day when technology can create new life, Louisiana has no laws protecting couples who use surrogate mothers to have a child. Contracts are not legally recognized. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:01:09 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Controversial-bill-to-protect-couples-using-surrogate-mothers-being-debated-210337571.html 2013-06-06T01:01:09Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Doctor-lauds-testosterone-to-help-women-feel-younger-210167701.html Many women, and even their doctors, are not aware there's something that can make post menopausal women feel like they are young again. But there is something that some say can even strengthen marriages. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:41:29 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Doctor-lauds-testosterone-to-help-women-feel-younger-210167701.html 2013-06-04T23:41:29Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/JP-Public-Hospitals-Considering-Private-Partners-210154741.html Jefferson Parish President John Young says the proposed consolidation may be a matter of survival. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:21:54 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/JP-Public-Hospitals-Considering-Private-Partners-210154741.html 2013-06-04T23:21:54Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Oral-cancer-on-the-rise-209997241.html Actor Michael Douglas has battled and beaten throat cancer, and now he's highlighting something that doctors have been telling us for years. Sexually transmitted viruses in the human papillomavirus (HPV) family, can also cause oral cancers. Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:41:21 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Oral-cancer-on-the-rise-209997241.html 2013-06-03T22:41:21Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/13-month-old-Chinese-boy-receives-special--209733781.html Living in rural China, a 13 month old boy, would only have lived a few years. He was born with a hole in his heart and no access to health care like the city dwellers. Fri, 31 May 2013 23:01:10 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/13-month-old-Chinese-boy-receives-special--209733781.html 2013-05-31T23:01:10Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Doctors-discuss--209730441.html Surgeons from around the world are in New Orleans today, learning how to perform advanced weight loss surgery. Fri, 31 May 2013 22:41:06 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Doctors-discuss--209730441.html 2013-05-31T22:41:06Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Xavier-University-student-inspired-by-Xavier-grad-to-lose-weight-209432081.html A Xavier University student was inspired to change his life by a Xavier graduate who first told his story on Weight Loss Wednesday. Fri, 31 May 2013 18:09:45 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Xavier-University-student-inspired-by-Xavier-grad-to-lose-weight-209432081.html 2013-05-31T18:09:45Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Medical-Watch-New-hope-in-battle-against-prostate-cancer-209249371.html It's the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men and too often, men find out they have prostate cancer after it has spread. Tue, 28 May 2013 22:41:31 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Medical-Watch-New-hope-in-battle-against-prostate-cancer-209249371.html 2013-05-28T22:41:31Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Phone-apps-alert-users-when-noise-is-too-loud-208746971.html There are 5.2 million children and teens, and 26 million young and middle aged adults, with permanent hearing loss, and it's all because of lifestyle. Fri, 24 May 2013 00:21:13 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/health/Phone-apps-alert-users-when-noise-is-too-loud-208746971.html 2013-05-24T00:21:13Z