Former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has announced she is fighting an incurable form of liver cancer. It traveled from her eye after she was diagnosed in 2011 with ocular melanoma, a dangerous and rare cancer. Chief of Surgical Oncology at LSU Health New Orleans Dr. Adam Riker says the key now is to get Blanco’s immune system strong to slow the cancer growth…:

Cut 3 (10) “tumor cells”
The native of New Iberia served as Louisiana’s first female governor from 2004 to 2008, and was criticized for her handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. BUt UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says that has been muted after looking back at the magnitude of the storm.:
Cut 5 (06) “for them”
Blanco is 74.

The LSU AgCenter has developed a milk-based meal replacement powder to help consumers lose weight. Director of the AgCenter Food Incubator Gaye Sandoz says the powder shake comes in chocolate and vanilla flavors, plus a candy can be added to the meal replacement…:
Cut 5 (07) “special milk”
Studies show drinking meal replacement shakes for 12 weeks instead of meals is a safe way to drop pounds.

Multiple reports indicate NFL viewership is down this season. Kelley Ray spoke with a Baton Rouge ad agent about the impacts:
Cut 2 (22) “I’m Kelley Ray”