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Post by mhbruin on Jun 10, 2023 9:06:42 GMT -8
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 10, 2023 9:09:12 GMT -8
"Lecanemb"?? Do They Readlly Need to Give Drugs Ridiculous Names?
Apanel that advises the Food and Drug Administration agreed that a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was beneficial for slowing cognitive decline, paving the way for full regulatory approval next month.
Earlier this year, the drug, known as lecanemab, was granted partial, or accelerated, approval, but that restricted it to people who could pay $26,500 a year or were enrolled in a clinical trial. Under its current status, it is not available under the public health programs Medicare and Medicaid.
Related: New Alzheimer’s drug slows cognitive decline by 35%, trial results show
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6.5 million Americans are living with the disease, the most common cause of dementia, that shows up initially as problems with memory, language and thinking.
Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the US $345bn this year, according to the organization. By 2050, when the number of Alzheimer’s patients is projected to reach 11 million, and the cost of care is projected to rise to $1tn annually.
According to studies, people with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s dementia showed a 27% slower decline in cognitive abilities using lecanemab, which can remove sticky amyloid plaques from the brain, compared with those receiving a placebo.
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 10, 2023 9:10:55 GMT -8
When Will We Ever Learn?Political misinformation continues to swirl around the climate change discussion like a thick fog rolling in off the rising ocean. But a host of government documents and reports by researchers and historians lay a clear trail of what scientists and government officials knew and when. Scientists had already figured out by the late 1800s that a greenhouse effect works to keep the planet warm, and that the carbon dioxide produced by burning coal could enhance that effect. By the 1970s, researchers were measuring those emissions in the atmosphere and warning Earth’s temperature could warm between 0.5 and 5 degrees Celsius by the mid-21st century. 
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Post by mhbruin on Jun 10, 2023 9:15:05 GMT -8
What a Mess!Astring of new Ford F-150s stolen directly from holding lots in recent months has triggered a cascade of misfortune for customers, dealers, title companies and others across the western United States, the Free Press has learned. The problems center on 14 such vehicles stolen late last year in metro Detroit, but a trove of police documents and court records, along with a private investigator, suggest the overall scheme could be bigger, ensnaring unwitting victims and prompting criminal probes and lawsuits. It all began when an estimated $1 million in pickup trucks were stolen off lots from metro Detroit between mid-October and mid-December. How the trucks disappeared remains a mystery. However, police reports document a lack of surveillance video and vehicles parked with keys inside. Police in at least two states have learned that Ford or its partners running the lots have failed to report the vehicles stolen for weeks, months or ever. The pickups were driven off the lots to the Phoenix metro area to be sold to unsuspecting buyers, according to fuel and toll receipts provided to the Free Press. Pickup odometers reflected miles traveled between Michigan and Arizona, according to police and court records. Police reports in Michigan and Arizona chronicle a bizarre web of activity showing how a cache of blank vehicle titles stolen in Georgia in 2007 were used to get stolen pickups quickly sold with clean titles. When stolen vehicles are not reported stolen, title companies, auction houses and car dealers are not alerted and have no idea. As protocol, they run security checks through a national computer system to verify legitimate transactions when buying, selling and titling vehicles. Stolen Ford F-150s sold with clean titles in million-dollar ploy from Michigan to Arizona
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