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How St. Charles Parish’s ‘Biggest Losers’ became its biggest winners
Murray Dufrene gave up Blue Bell ice cream and bread.
It was hard, but Dufrene did it. […]
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The one-stop medical shop comes to Luling
The newly opened Primary and Specialty Physicians of St. Charles in Luling offers services for the entire family, a concept following the national trend of one-stop medical shops. […]
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Luling girl fights rare disease with hope, strength
Twelve-year-old Carlie Dalgo of Luling likes sports, school and hanging out with her friends. […]
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St. Charles Parish Hospital CEO retiring
As Federico “Fred” Martinez counts down the months to retirement this year, he reflected on the foundation he helped lay for St. Charles Parish Hospital and its future. […]
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Parish rallies around 8-year-old battling cancer
Chad Grosch II loves Legos and playing games on his iPad. He’s also received 10 to 15 blood transfusions in the last three months. […]
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St. Charles EMS to add third ambulance shift
A new $230,000 ambulance, due in mid March, should help alleviate service calls for the St. Charles Parish EMS at peak times. […]
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$73 million health center features solar-heated pools, self-powering elevators
Self-powering elevators, solar-powered water heaters and regenerative pool filters are just some of the “green” innovations coming to a new Wellness Center on the Thibodaux Regional Medical Center campus. […]
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Luling firefighter remains positive despite holiday cancer diagnosis
In late November, a doctor’s exam showed that something was very wrong with Joseph Riebow. At first doctors thought it was a staph infection, then pneumonia. […]
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Flu vaccine not as effective against season’s dominant strain
The flu vaccine may not be as effective against this season’s most dominant strain of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]