health

A casual connection has been confirmed between social media platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram and a "decreased: sense of well being."

How old do you really feel? It's significantly younger than your actual age. Here's how you can compute your "feels like" age.

For the first time ever, bottled water sales will exceed soft drink sales in the U.S.

The physical effects of Daylight Saving time are real. Here's what you might experience after next weekend's time change.

Did you ever consider that what you put on your body could have as much of an effect on your health as what you put in your body?

Spreading good cheer can also be a great way to spread the flu. Here's what you need to know to keep your family healthy over the holidays.

Louisiana was ranked second only to Mississippi in the study that considered data from the Centers for Disease Control and the Physical Activity Council.

When it comes to having a baby, one study shows Louisiana as being the 7th worst state to have a baby! Why is it so bad to have babies in Louisiana?

I've been told Diet Coke will kill me, so before coming to the studio I stopped by Super Target to pick up a sandwich and some fancy health/energy drinks. I'm not really one to buy fancy drinks - I think froo froo Starbucks coffee drinks are a waste of money and many other drinks are popular mostly because they look aesthetically appealing...

In Louisiana it's not the sharks we should be worried about. Our deadly threat is much smaller and much creepier.

Louisiana governor and Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal signed a bill that will provide all residents of Louisiana access to medical marijuana. Senate Bill 143 will allow people suffering from cancer, glaucoma and a severe form of cerebral palsy to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

A major supplier of bottle water announces a voluntary recall because of possible contamination. Here's what you need to know to see if your water is safe.

Festival time is here, and in addition to the great music and fun, revelers will be looking forward to the delicious festival food.

It doesn't take very much to intoxicate a teen, and hand sanitizer contains up to 70% ethyl alcohol, that's roughly about 160 proof.

More than one in five residents of Louisiana report using a drug or medicated substance to alter their mood or relax on a near-daily basis.

A 30-year-old guy from suburban Chicago, Randy Schmitz, was on vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last summer. He went to the Pepper Palace, which sells crazy hot sauces. The hottest sauce it sells is Flashbang, a combination of four peppers -- Carolina Reaper, scorpion, ghost pepper and habanero. Schmitz had to sign a waiver just to try a tiny bit of the sauce on a toothpick as part of a challeng

Gracie Mae Ransonet is just 10 days old. She was born with a severe case of Spina Bifida. Gracie will require surgery and extensive hospital care. There will be a blood drive tomorrow (Nov. 22) at Lowe's in New Iberia.

The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Dallas, Texas that began when Thomas Eric Duncan returned from Liberia in West Africa is now over. It all started on September 30th when Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola and succumbed to the virus on October 8th.

This last edition of the Insane Inflatable 5k Preparation - Fit Life Challenge focuses on strength training. You'll see just how much fun this stuff can really be!

The second-ever diagnosis of Ebola in America occurred this weekend, but still, there's no reason to panic. You won't catch Ebola, don't worry.