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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.

The little-known Chikungunya virus, which has no vaccine, has been confirmed in the continental United States. Here's what you should know.

I know, what a strange an morbid thing to post about. When I saw this, I was definitely interested, so I thought you might be as well.

Proponents argued that families should have the right to choose the foods they consume and provide for their children.

Welcome to sneeze-ville, I mean Louisiana. We all know Mother Nature tears up our sinuses from season to season, and it looks like we're right about it being "bad bad". Baton Rouge and New Orleans have just placed in the top 20 in the nation for "Most Allergenic Cities".

In new health news, gunshot and stabbing victims will be suspended between life and death in order to allow more time to save them. Suspended animation trials will be happening in Pittsburgh soon!

Ever wonder why your body produces the odors that it does? Leave it to Buzzfeed to give us good, yet simplified info on why your feet, armpits, and farts smell, as well as why you have morning breath! Check out it!

You've heard doctors say "Take two a day?" Well, meet the guy who believes you should take moo a day.

Louisiana is known for its great food and the motto laissez le bon temps rouler (let the good times roll), but an annual study of state-by-state health reveals that the Sportsman's Paradise is more of a dystopia -- at least when it comes to healthy living.

This Thanksgiving you will probably do what we all do. Overindulge on the turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, and all the other goodness that comes with Thanksgiving Dinner. But just how many calories are you putting into your body? On average, a Thanksgiving dinner is equivalent to seven Burger Kind Whoppers...SEVEN. Keep reading for more info.

San Rafael, California isn’t blowing smoke – it has prohibited people from smoking in their own homes.