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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Gladstone Institutes have uncovered a potential new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease using two existing FDA-approved cancer drugs. The drugs, letrozole and irinotecan, have been found to reduce tau protein clumps in mice, a key feature of Alzheimer’s, and improve cognitive functions like memory and learning. Repurposing Cancer Drugs …

Health officials have revealed that a Wisconsin restaurant accidentally laced its pizzas with drugs, leading to the intoxication of 85 customers. Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, Wisconsin, unintentionally served pizzas contaminated with THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, between October 22 and October 24, 2024.  In a new CDC report, EMS workers reportedly notified the public health department that they …

Two drugs already approved by the FDA for cancer treatment may hold the key to reversing Alzheimer’s disease in patients, experts say.  Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) believe that letrozole, a hormone-based breast cancer drug, and irinotecan, a lung and colon cancer chemotherapy medication, can help reverse brain damage caused by the incurable neurodegenerative disease.    In …

US rapper GloRilla has criticised police following her arrest on drug charges after officers said they found marijuana while investigating a burglary at her home. Police were called after three suspected intruders were seen trying to steal from her house in Atlanta in the early hours of Sunday. She was away at the time, but was later arrested on two …

Intrusive thoughts and panic attacks plagued Tinelle Windham throughout her first three pregnancies. During her second, a doctor recommended she start taking Zoloft, a type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SSRI. But she was wary. What about side effects? What if it harmed her baby?  “I really was leery of getting it treated that way, and …

We’ve got fresh evidence for how weight can quickly be regained after weight-loss programs stop – but rather than looking at traditional dieting, here the researchers wanted to focus on anti-obesity medications (AOMs), as they continue to be used ever more widely. A team from Peking University in China reviewed 11 previous studies involving a total of 2,466 people. The …

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In efforts to beat Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are looking at existing drugs that could tackle the condition, and a new study identifies two promising candidates that are currently used to treat cancer. Already approved by regulators in the US – meaning potential clinical trials for Alzheimer’s could start sooner – the drugs are letrozole (usually used to treat breast cancer) …

Rapper GloRilla arrested after drugs found in her metro Atlanta home during burglary  WSB-TV GloRilla facing drug charges in metro Atlanta after burglary investigation  FOX 5 Atlanta GloRilla Arrested for Felony Drug Possession in Georgia  TMZ GloRilla Arrested on Felony Drug Charges the Night Before WNBA All-Star Performance  Variety GloRilla Arrested for Drug Possession Following Burglary Investigation at Georgia Home  Rolling Stone Source link

The last thing Chevese Turner needed was medication to help her lose weight. Twenty years into recovery from binge eating disorder and atypical anorexia, she was done trying to whittle her physique into something it didn’t want to be. But after developing diabetes a few years ago, her doctor prescribed Mounjaro, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (or GLP-1) that helps …