4:30 LRN Newscast

A large clinical trial led in part by LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has shown that specialized treatments for kids and teens with obesity can be delivered at their primary care doctor’s office. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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Louisiana has reached 100 cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic intestinal infection causing explosive diarrhea. There have been nearly 12-hundred reported cases nationally.

Ole Miss is suing LSU players Princewill Umanmielen and Devine Harper for nearly one million dollars in contract buyouts after they broke their revenue-sharing agreements with the school by transferring to LSU. If LSU were to pay the buyout for its players, it would count against its 21.3-million-dollar revenue-share cap. Sam Hutchens of the Clarion-Ledger says it’s hard to imagine someone wearing purple and gold does not fork over the money.

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Running back Alvin Kamara took first-team reps alongside free agent addition Travis Etienne. Kamara took a pay cut to stay in New Orleans after an offseason of uncertainty. He says he always planned to be back and is looking forward to sharing the backfield.

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