A new way to test and treat patients diagnosed with cancer is placing Ochsner Health – New Orleans front and center of universal genomic testing. Teiko Foxx has the story…
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The state’s Secretary of Environmental Quality has resigned. More from Kevin Gallagher…:
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Almost 50 percent of LSU Health graduates will remain in instate for their residency. Brooke Thorington has more from the Interim Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine.
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Ochsner Health – New Orleans is one of the first hospitals in the nation to standardize genomic testing for cancer drugs to better treat cancer patients. Ochsner Health System Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Catherine Oliver says genomic testing helps to identify a person’s DNA and how the changes in a person’s DNA impact how they respond to medication.
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Pharmacogenomics testing guides doctors on how patients metabolize certain drugs and warns of possible side effects so they may adjust dosage in a way that provides personalized treatments. Oliver says the process evaluates the function of nearly 30 genes its preventing hospitalization and saving lives.
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Ochsner launched a pharmacogenomics program that is available to all patients in March 2022. The systems testing partner, OneOme, is working with insurance companies to make testing affordable. Oliver says providers can have results in about five days and costs are determined by health benefits.
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Pharmacogenomic testing is only needed once during a lifetime for most patients and is reflected in the patient’s record in a way that it is accessible now or in the future.
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Governor John Bel Edwards announces the resignation of the Secretary of Environmental Quality, Chuck Carr Brown. He will step down on March 31st. Brown has led LDEQ from the time Edwards was first sworn into office. Brown says he is proud of the progress made in cleaning Louisiana’s air in recent years, after having the federal government set benchmarks for air quality…:
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Brown previously served the Department of Environmental Quality as Assistant Secretary under Governor Kathleen Blanco. As Secretary, he oversaw LDEQ’s response the 2016 flood, and has worked with federal authorities as a steward of the state’s environment. He says he hopes his successor will carry on in his path…:
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Brown’s resignation is effective at the end of this month. He tells LRN he is not retiring, but rather moving into a new phase in his life; doing environmental work in the private sector…:
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LDEQ Assistant Secretary Roger Gingles has been appointed Interim Secretary.
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LSU’s Center for Energy Studies says the planned carbon capture hub in Calcasieu Parish could decrease climate change and also support jobs at the same time. Greg Upton, Interim Executive Director for the center says they have identified more than 50,000 jobs within a hundred miles of the planned hub.
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Upton says when you look at the capacity of this one carbon capture hub in Louisiana the long-term impacts on the environment are significant. He says they’ve estimated $11.3 billion in what they call abated social costs over the lifetime of one carbon capture hub facility.
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And because many of Louisiana’s exports create carbon emissions and the state’s geology allows for the creation of a carbon sequestration hub, Upton says such facilities provide unrealized opportunities for the state.
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Upton says companies are looking to deliver those exports in a way that keeps them cost-effective internationally and reduces their carbon footprint.
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Match Day figures from LSU Health New Orleans indicate 80 percent of their graduating students who are staying in Louisiana for their residency will enter one at LSU Health. Richard DiCarlo, Interim Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine says it is very encouraging when their graduates remain in-state.
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Match Day is when every medical graduate student in the country learns which residency program they will enter, based on which one they chose and which program chose them, similar to signing day for athletes.
And the ones who will do their residency out of state, DiCarlo says they are entering prestigious ones.
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DiCarlo says about 20 to 25 percent of their students will practice internal medicine, and others enter general surgery, pediatrics, and family practice. And recently he says more are entering the field of psychiatry.
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Forty-nine percent of LSU Health New Orleans medical grads will remain in Louisiana for their residency and 46 percent of LSU Health Shreveport grads will stay in-state for theirs.
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The top-ranked LSU baseball team missed out on sweeping Texas A-and-M last weekend as they blew a four-run lead on Sunday and lost to the Aggies eight to six. Coach Jay Johnson says he would have loved the sweep, but he’s dwelling on Sunday’s loss..
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LSU left 12 runners on base in Sunday’s loss, but Johnson says he liked the offensive approach of his team as they scored 27 runs…
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The Tigers are back at home tonight to take on Central Arkansas. Johnson says it will be a good non-conference test…
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The Ragin Cajuns started Sun Belt play by sweeping Arkansas State, limiting the Red Wolves to ten runs during the three-game series. Coach Matt Deggs liked how his pitchers throw strikes…
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U-L Lafayette hosts Grambling tonight then Southeastern Louisiana tomorrow and then they head to Mobile next weekend to take on South Alabama. Deggs says Grambling brings a 6-and-13 record to Tigue Moore Field…
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