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Ralph Corsetti, MD, Joins Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Louisiana Approves Medicaid Contracts
New Study Overturns Assumptions about AFib Treatment in Apnea Patients
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a Vaccine Skeptic, Tapped for No. 2 Post at CDC
CDC Alters Autism Language on Vaccine-Safety Page
LSU Biomedical Research Center Adds Outspoken Anti-Vaccine Advocate to Faculty
Scientists Uncover New On-Switch for Pain Signaling Pathway
LDH Opens Application Period for H.E.R.O. Fund
December 2, 2025
Ralph Corsetti, MD, Joins Mary Bird Perk...

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center announced that Ralph Corsetti, MD, has joined the Cancer Center as its newest surgical oncologist on the Northshore.

Corsetti has more than 25 years of experience in surgical oncology. He obtained a bachelor’s degree at Boston University, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and a medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery residency at Tulane University School of Medicine, and a clinical and research fellowship in surgical oncology at Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, RI.

December 2, 2025
Louisiana Approves Medicaid Contracts

By: Julie O'Donoghue  November 25, 2025  Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana lawmakers signed off last week on one-year extensions to the state’s six biggest government contracts, collectively worth more than $17 billion. The agreements are with the six health care companies that manage health insurance for Louisiana Medicaid recipients. 

December 2, 2025
New Study Overturns Assumptions about AF...

Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are two conditions that share a potentially deadly link. Having one increases the odds of developing the other, and together, the breathing difficulties of sleep apnea combined with the irregular heartbeat of atrial fibrillation (AFib) can result in life-threatening cardiovascular risks.

The standard treatment for AFib is catheter ablation, a procedure in which doctors create scars within the heart to stop the electrical impulses that cause irregular heart rhythms.

November 25, 2025
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham,...

By: Julie O'Donoghue-November 25, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who rolled back government vaccine distribution as the state’s top public health official, has been appointed to the second highest position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abraham, a 71-year-old medical doctor, lives in rural Richland Parish and served as a Republican congressman representing Northeast Louisiana from 2015-21. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday. 

November 24, 2025
CDC Alters Autism Language on Vaccine-Sa...

* The header "Vaccines do not cause autism" has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

By Dianne Marie Normand Hartley