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• Save the Date for the North Oaks Sports Medicine Coaches' Seminar Aug. 3

  Posted By Melanie Zaffuto

  June 20, 2019

  • Media Release

  Tangipahoa and Livingston parishes coaches and athletic directors are invited to save the date of Saturday, Aug. 3 to attend the ninth annual North Oaks Sports Medicine Coaches’ Seminar from 8 a.m. to noon. The seminar is free, and registration is required. To sign up to attend, click here or ... Continue reading

• North Oaks Diabetes Education to Host Free Talk about Stress Management

  Posted By Melanie Zaffuto

  June 20, 2019

  • Media Release

  Elevated stress levels may alter blood sugar levels and negatively affect your ability to manage your diabetes. Learn how to keep stress in check to help maintain satisfactory blood sugar levels at a free group meeting, sponsored by North Oaks Diabetes Education, Wednesday, July 10. The meeting will ... Continue reading

• North Oaks Sports Medicine Recognizes 2018-19 Student-Athletes of the Year

  Posted By Melanie Zaffuto

  June 20, 2019

  • Media Release

  The North Oaks Sports Medicine team and North Oaks Physician Group orthopaedic surgeons are pleased to announce that Mia Kugler and Austin Granier of Ponchatoula High School, Haleigh Pourciau of Walker High School and Bryce Johnson of Springfield High School have received 2018-19 Student-Athletes of ... Continue reading

• Making Sense of Sunscreen

  Posted By Nanette White

  June 19, 2019

  • Community Newsletter

  If you’ve shopped for sunscreen lately you may have noticed that there are nearly as many different types as there are sands of grain on the beach. Because most health care providers agree that sunscreen is an important tool in reducing the risk of skin cancer and premature aging caused by the ... Continue reading

• Mole or Melanoma?

  Posted By Nanette White

  June 19, 2019

  • Community Newsletter

  

  If you have a small brown skin spot or growth, you might wonder if it’s a serious cancer or a normal mole. Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer, and it most often appears as an irregular, multicolored or brownish spot that continues to increase in size. It may begin as a flat ... Continue reading