Sun Safety: Health & Wellness

Sun Safety: Health & Wellness

We may be technically in the back half of summer this month, but August is a very high-risk month for skin cancer due to exposure to higher UV index levels. And it is never too late to prevent the most common cancer diagnosed worldwide. According to the Skin Cancer...
Down Da Bayou Lodge:  Business of The Month

Down Da Bayou Lodge: Business of The Month

Jeremy Guidry says he and his wife, Stephanie, quickly fell in love with Delcambre after a few fishing trips at Bayou Carlin Cove. So much so that the Maurice residents searched for a place on the bayou that could serve as a family camp. Not long after finding what...
Blue Dog Farmstand:  Vendor of The Month

Blue Dog Farmstand: Vendor of The Month

They say necessity is the mother of all inventions. That was the case, at least, for April Bridges when she was prompted to use up some extra eggs by baking cornbread and giving them to her husband to bring to work. “The guys thought it was good enough to do something...
Shrimp: Seafood of The Month

Shrimp: Seafood of The Month

Only LA Certified Will Do It was like a scene in a detective movie: undercover seafood testers sampled a selection of restaurants in the Shreveport area recently and uncovered what they say is the highest shrimp fraud rate they have recorded to date in Louisiana. Of...
Migraine & Headache Awareness: Health & Wellness

Migraine & Headache Awareness: Health & Wellness

Blinding, debilitating, skull buster, throbbing, pounding are just a few descriptors of the headaches experienced by nearly 75 percent of the world’s adults who had them in the last year. Amazingly, there are over 150 kinds of headaches, from sinus and morning...
Oysters: Seafood of The Month

Oysters: Seafood of The Month

There are three kinds of oyster-eaters: those who eat them only raw, those who won’t eat them any way but cooked, and those who eat them both ways. I fall into the latter category and am fortunate to live in one of the top three oyster-producing states in the nation....