A Grand Jury hearing begins today in the Maxwell Gruver hazing death at LSU in September. Police say the 18-year-old was forced to drink 190 proof alcohol as part of a fraternity pledge with Phi Delta Theta. 10 LSU students were arrested. His mother, Rae Ann Gruver spoke out on ABC’s Good Morning America calling the incident murder. Both parents hope their son’s death makes others aware of the importance of reporting hazing if they witness it…
A Tulane researcher has received a 414-thousand-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study why males have more impulse control issues than females. Jill Daniel from Tulane’s Brain Institute says there are differences in the connection between the pre-frontal cortex and the area of the brain that control impulses, which makes a person more compulsive…
A recent report from the Champlain College’s Center for Financial Literacy gives Louisiana a “D” for financial literacy education. Jeff Palermo spoke with a legislator who recently passed a financial literacy law…
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Louisiana once again ranks 49th out of 50 states in a health ranking report. CEO of United Health Care of Louisiana Joe Ochipinti (Occa-pin-ti) says the Bayou State ranks near the bottom because a quarter of it’s residents smoke which increases other health related problems…