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Dining in the Dark
Imagine you are sitting at a dining table and you’re about to enjoy a delicious meal. You can smell the dish you are about to eat. You can hear the other guests around you. You can feel the silverware placed around your plate. This sounds like a normal dining experience except for one thing—you are blindfolded.

‘Micro-Hospital’
The Christus Bossier Emergency Hospital was created with a new model of health care in mind. It is called a “micro-hospital.” Located on Viking Drive, the hospital includes an emergency department, six short-stay inpatient beds, and advanced imaging and diagnostic laboratory services.

Orchard Squad
The Shreveport Orchard Squad, which was established in fall 2017, intends to plant more than a thousand fruit trees in Shreveport between January and March.

Downtown Fixture Closing
For 68 years, Sun Furniture has been providing customers with quality furniture for affordable prices. The family-owned and -operated store run by Randy Greengus will begin its going-out-of-business sale starting Feb. 1. The store is closing because Greengus is retiring after 44 years.

EMR Everywhere
Future State, LLC, dba EMR Everywhere, provides hardware, software and consulting solutions for ambulatory and inpatient health-care clients, from small physician offices to large academic hospitals such as University Health.

( Business Briefs )
Mark McCrocklin, MBA, CFP ® ,CLU ® , ChFC ® , a private wealth advisor with Cardinaux Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. in Shreveport, recently obtained the Behavioral Financial Advisor professional designation from Kaplan University and think2perform ®.

in memorium
It is with great sadness we announce the loss of one of our own: Journalist and LSU fan Lou Gehrig Burnett, 76, born July 19, 1941, died Jan. 19 after a brief illness. A private service was held Tuesday, Jan. 23. Burnett has been a contributor to The Forum.

Abortion Survivors
So, here’s the truth: Last month, 183 members of the House of Representatives voted against a bill in Congress that would have imposed penalties on abortion providers who didn’t give medical care to any child who was born alive after an abortion procedure.

Is It Time To Modernize Louisiana Gaming Laws?
On the local front, Bossier Chamber of Commerce president Lisa Johnson, Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation executive director Rocky Rockett and Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce president Tim Magner all made a sales pitch to the Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Task Force in December 2016.

Letters to the Editor
My name is Tony Hudgins, and I have a question: Will there continue to be Sudoku and crossword puzzles in The Forum News? They were not in the Jan. 17 edition. I always look forward to reading The Forum News and working the Sudoku puzzle. You have excellent articles of local events and news with great pictures of people at the social events.

Go Red for Women’s Heart Health
The 2018 Northwest Louisiana Go Red for Women Luncheon, set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Shreveport Convention Center, will not only educate women and their loved ones about the risk factors and symptoms of heart disease, but also...

“FRANKEN DRUGS”
Doctors are becoming careful to try and detect possible use of these synthetics in their patients with presenting psychosis, especially when the reason for the psychosis isn’t clear. Episodes can continue to occur for a few months after the patient has stopped using.

SPECIAL NEEDS
It is often challenging for parents of children with special health-care needs to find health-care professionals who are trained to more appropriately address their child’s unique behavioral and medical needs.

Community Outreach
Mondays, 10:30 a.m. WK Bossier Wellness Center 2450 Hospital Drive Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. WK Health & Fitness Center 2474 Greenwood Road Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. WK Pierremont Health Center 8001 Youree Drive, Room 203 Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Willis-Knighton South Wellness Center 9130 Susan Drive.

Lectures & Seminars
Oh, no! Not Shingles! Everything You Didn’t Know about this Painful Condition.

FUNCTIONAL RHINOPLASTY
The term rhinoplasty in general refers to a plastic surgery procedure more commonly known as a “nose job” to make changes to the appearance of the nose. While this may be performed for purely cosmetic reasons to improve appearance, in my practice it is often the primary or simultaneous goal to restore the ability to breathe through the nose.

F.A.S.T.
While no one likes to think of health emergencies, you want to know what to do if a stroke strikes. When someone has a stroke, every second counts – literally. There are things you can do to prepare for the best possible outcome if a stroke happens, especially if you or a loved one is at a higher risk of stroke.

healthy SCENE
Special guests and dignitaries were given a sneak-peek of the new CHRISTUS Bossier Emergency Hospital and Imaging Center.

HEALTHY GEEZER
TIA stands for “transient ischemic attack.” A TIA is an interruption in the flow of blood to a part of your brain. Its symptoms are the same as for a stroke. A TIA lasts anywhere from minutes to many hours. It goes away and leaves no apparent permanent effects.

HYPERTENSION
Doctors say you have high blood pressure if you have a reading of 140/90 or higher. A blood pressure reading of 120/80 or lower is considered normal. Prehypertension is blood pressure between 120 and 139 for the top number, or between 80 and 89 for the bottom number.

at HOME
Builder Ryan Smith says hands-down it is the most in-demand neighborhood in the city. The unique community has it all, with parks and playgrounds, shopping, restaurants, a bank, a family medical clinic and a school. It also has its own fire station and nearby veterinarian clinic.

TALK OF THE TOWN
THROUGH MARCH 23: LOST STORIES, FOUND IMAGES: PORTRAITS OF JEWS IN WARTIME AMSTERDAM..

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