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Ochsner’s Healthy State 2030 uses community-first approach to improve life for Louisianans | Sponsored: Cox Business

[ad_1] Editor’s Note This article is brought to you by Cox Business. Ochsner is embracing its role as a Louisiana medical leader by spearheading a long-term effort to improve the state’s lowly health rankings. The main goal of Ochsner’s Healthy State 2030 initiative is to see Louisiana move into the top 40 in the nation in America’s Health Rankings, where it has consistently placed at the very bottom. To achieve this goal, the health system has launched its own efforts and is partnering with business leaders, educational […]

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Achieve Life Sciences (ACHV) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

[ad_1] Achieve Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ACHV – Get Rating) will be announcing its earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, August 11th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.79) per share for the quarter. Investors interested in listening to the company’s conference call can do so using this link. Achieve Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ACHV – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 12th. The biopharmaceutical company reported ($0.80) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.82) by $0.02. […]

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Crackdown proposed on vape use in school | News, Sports, Jobs

[ad_1] By JOHN WHITTAKER jwhittaker@post-journal.com Children caught vaping in school may be required to attend a state-created smoking cessation program under legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly. Assemblyman Keith Brown, D-Northport, has introduced A.10547 to amend the state Public Health Law to require those caught using electronic cigarettes or vapor products in schools to attend an Electronic Cigarette or Vapor Product Prevention, Control or Awareness Program. Attendance in the program would be part of a bigger state effort to create an educational program used […]

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Dogs’ Keen Sense of Smell May Help Them ‘See’ – Consumer Health News

[ad_1] THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While humans typically use their sight to orient themselves, dogs navigate the world by combining their sense of smell with their vision. So claims a new study that found dogs’ sense of smell is integrated with their vision and other unique parts of their brain. “We’ve never seen this connection between the nose and the occipital lobe, functionally the visual cortex in dogs, in any species,” said senior study author Pip Johnson, an assistant professor of clinical sciences at […]

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