LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is looking for 600 older adults to participate in a groundbreaking study that will look at ways to prevent Alzheimer’s Disease….
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That’s Jeff Keller, director of Pennington’s Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention. For more information go to Pennington’s website.

Governor John Bel Edwards is leaving for Washington D-C later today as he continues the lobbying effort to secure more federal dollars to help homeowners impacted by the devastating floods in Louisiana this year…
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Edwards is seeking over three-billion dollars in federal assistance and hoping Congress approves the money by the end of the year.

How realistic are metal detectors along Bourbon Street in New Orleans in the wake of another fatal shooting in the histroric Frenc Quarter? Don Molino has more…
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Walgreens Pharmacies have made available Naloxone, an opiod antidote over the counter. LSU Psychiatry professor James Becnel says there is an opiod overdose every 18 hours in Louisiana, so having naloxone on hand could prevent an overdose death…
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Becnel recommends anyone with an opioid prescrpition for over two weeks to have naloxone on hand.