Now that school is back in session, authorities are urging drivers to be more cautious on the roads. Don Redman with the American Automobile Association says now that summer is over, motorists should be on alert as kids will be walking along roads before and after school…

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Redman says the first step drivers can take is to slow down in school and residential zones.

Under legislation approved in the last session, more information is being distributed to the public about Louisiana’s safe haven law, which allows parents to legally give up a baby until they’re two months old. Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Suzy Sonnier says she wants people who feel like they’re in a crisis to know this law exists.

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Sonnier says they’re doing everything they can to get the word out to parents that this is an alternative.

Researchers have discovered there may be a link between poor sleep and the increased risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Director of Imaging from LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center Owen Carmichael says those with the disease generally have disturbed sleep. He says the question of whether sleep issues cause Alzheimer’s has long been something scientists have wondered…

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A protein is produced throughout a person’s life that Carmichael calls the “garbage of the brain.” He says that Alzheimer’s is caused when there is too much of this protein stored up and not emptied out.