Pfizer halts development of Alzheimer's drugs
Seeking Alpha Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is giving up on discovering new drugs for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, abandoning costly efforts to find effective treatments for the disorders. The cutback will result in 300 layoffs over the next several months. "This was an ... |
Pfizer pulls back from neuroscience, ending research
BioPharma Dive Pfizer Inc. will halt its efforts to discover and develop new medicines for common neurological diseases like Alzheimer's, pulling back from a field that has proven challenging to pharmaceutical research even as the need for novel treatments has grown ... |
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
Portuguese town encourages children to smoke at Epiphany
The San Luis Obispo Tribune The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry among outsiders: Parents encouraging their children, some as young as 5, to smoke cigarettes. Locals say the practice has been ... Five-year-olds smoke cigarettes for 'tradition' of Christian celebration 'I don't see any harm in it,' says parent as children smoke cigarettes in Portuguese Epiphany Portuguese village encourages children to smoke one day a year for Epiphany festival |
myfox8.com |
Recent list of best diets ranks keto last and DASH first
myfox8.com If you're a fan of the “fat-burning” keto diet, you'll be fired up about its ranking in the 2018 list of best diets from US News and World Report: It's tied for last, along with the relatively unknown Dukan diet. Both stress eating a ton of protein and ... Preventive Medicine: Different year, same best diets What are the best diets for 2018? Keto Ranks Last On Best Diets Of 2018 List |
Ars Technica |
In “triumph of ignorance,” Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop touts $135 coffee enema
Ars Technica Down the hatch, coffee can jump start a day. But, according to dubious advice from Gwyneth Paltrow's posh lifestyle and e-commerce site, Goop, the popular brew can also kick off a whole year—when taken up the bum. Further Reading. Defense of Gwyneth ... |