RENÉE BACHER

Certain Fats May Boost Cognition

Oftentimes, experts say, people are simply over scheduled or faced with too much technology.

Nerve Activity During Slumber Can Help Distinguish What's Worth Stashing in the Memory Bank and What's Not

By now you should accept the fact that a social media presence online is as important as the one at your restaurant. But are you making the most of the channels connecting your brand to current and potential customers? While you think of ways to make a bigger impact in the new year, consider these tried-and-true best practices from restaurant industry influencers.
Use Facebook, Instagram and Yelp
The most important social media platforms for chefs and restaurant owners to maintain are Instagr...

The filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum, whose documentary “Look At Us Now, Mother!” will have a one-week run on Long Island starting May 6, grew up thinking she had been born into the wrong family.

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People say, "You don't know what you don't know." But the American Heart Association does. While many of us claim to be aware that heart disease is the number one killer of Americans, only 56% of women realize it's such a significant menace. What's more, we often aren't familiar with the condition's risk factors (from carrying around excess pounds to having an autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis). Or the fact that heart disease can strike without any previous symptoms. But kno...

Renée Bacher is a correspondent who lives in Baton Rouge and covers Louisiana’s capital city for Forbes Travel Guide. She is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and Travel & Leisure....

Baton Rouge Grandmother Saves Police Officer's Life

Baton Rouge urologist James D. Atkinson, MD, is humble for a man who not only pilots his own prop plane on weekends but is building one, for fun, in his carport.
"A lot of guys fly, but I guess not a lot of people make planes," he said of the two-seat single-piston engine Van's RV-14 kit aircraft he is making.
Building and flying planes are just a couple of Atkinson's unusual hobbies which have also included operating and building ham radios and working on circuit boards. A man of many intere...

Understanding the physical, emotional and environmental triggers that make you want a cigarette can help you avoid them.

Did you hear the one about the internist who became a comedian?

I used to scoff at overly involved parents. I never did my kids’ school projects or micromanaged their scuffles with friends. Within reason, I believed in letting my kids make their own mistakes and fight their own battles. But just before our eldest child, Hannah, began her senior year of high school, I watched the Excellence in Parenting Award slip through my fingers...

A child getting sick is every parent's worst nightmare, but by keeping vigilant and accepting the support of others, you and your family can get through this.

Fads, Fails and Fixes for Chronic Pain