The Lake Placid High School, through Melissa Sohns, student advisor, and coordinated with all local EMS and law enforcement, put on a realistic mock DUI car crash, which sent a chilling reminder of the ultimate danger of drinking and driving. However, the Highlands County Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Reduction (HCCC) would like to expand on the message given to the over 800 students, teachers and parents who attended. ...more

May 21, 2008

A caffeine regimen — the human equivalent of five cups of coffee daily — protected Alzheimer's mice from the memory impairment that they otherwise would have developed. And when caffeine was given to Alzheimer's mice that were already memory-impaired, their memory was restored to the level of normal mice. ...more

December 28, 2007