The Department of Health and Hospitals is hosting a symposium today which will focus on finding solutions to rising youth ADHD diagnoses and treatment. Secretary Kathy Kliebert says it’s concerning that Louisiana has the second highest state ADHD prescription rate in the nation…

cut 6 (13) “come up with solutions”

ADHD medication use has risen 35.5 percent from 2008 to 2012 and young adult use has nearly doubled.

Now that the US Senate election is over and she won’t be returning to Congress, what’s next for Mary Landrieu? Political Analyst Clancy Dubos expects Landrieu to first take some time off to spend with her family…

cut 3 (08) “with voters, for her”

Dubos thinks Landrieu will have many options ahead of her.

Former Governor Edwin Edwards will be releasing another book next year and this one will be loaded with pictures. Biographer Leo Honeycutt says many people have been asking him to write another book about The Cajun Prince since there are already several new chapters in his life…

cut 15 (08) “very historic”

He says the new venture is a coffee table book and will be Edwards’ life in pictures. Honeycutt says they will begin working on the project next year and he’ll push to have it out by the end of the summer/early fall.