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Drug proven to slow decline in Alzheimer patients

Lecanemab, a newly developed drug, has showed promising results in clinical trials among Alzheimer patients

Manchester Evening News

Farts say more about your health than you think — now, scientists are listening

Scientists are developing an AI algorithm to detect diseases from the sounds of bathroom activities, which could tame future epidemics.

Inverse

‘Momentous breakthrough’: New Alzheimer’s drug lives up to bold claims, with caveats

Data supports claims that a new drug reduced cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer's patients by 27 per cent in a clinical trial.

The New Daily

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Excitement, defiance for young Chinese in COVID 'tipping point' protests

When Yang, a Shanghai office worker, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people were killed, she said she could not contain her anger over tough COVID-19 measures three years into the pandemic.

Reuters

Five early signs of pancreatic cancer as man battles disease for a second time

After having pancreatic cancer twice, Charles Czajkowski is dedicating the rest of his life to raising awareness of the early symptoms

The Independent UK

New Alzheimer's drug hailed as 'game-changing' as it's proven to slow disease

The drug slowed the disease progression by 27 percent compared to patients taking the placebo.

Daily Record

Study: Alzheimer's drug shows modest success slowing declines in memory, thinking

In a large study, the experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline by 27 percent in people in the early stages of the disease.

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It’s just a first step, but this new Alzheimer’s drug could be a huge breakthrough

Recent lecanemab trials are reason for hope, although health services may struggle to deliver treatments, says dementia researcher Jonathan Schott

The Guardian - UK

Lecanemab: new Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘beginning of the end’ for disease

A ground-breaking drug has been found to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s - with experts hailing it a breakthrough that “can meaningfully change the course of the disease”.

Evening Standard

Breakthrough Alzheimer's drug hailed as 'beginning of the end' for treating disease

Lecanemab was found to have reduced memory decline by targeting and clearing amyloid, which is one of the proteins that build up in the brains of people with the disease

Daily Mirror

Young Scottish mum with rare kidney failure terrified her kids will be orphaned

Kerry Brown has issued an appeal for people to become live kidney donors after she has been left with just four per cent kidney function due to the extremely rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome

Edinburgh Live

Simple urine test could be used to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

The early stage of the disease occurs before the irreversible dementia stage and is the golden window for intervention and treatment

Wales Online

14 symptoms of pancreatic cancer you’re most likely to ignore

A pancreatic Cancer UK specialist nurse outlines easy-to-ignore signs of the disease

The Independent UK

Molecule in urine ‘could be the first to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease’

The findings suggest a simple urine test could be used to identify people who are in the early stages of the disease.

The Independent UK

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Daily Record

Young widow terrified children will be left orphans pleads for Scots to become live kidney donors

Mum-of-three Kerry Brown, 36, was super fit before going into complete kidney failure after being diagnosed with an extremely rare autoimmune disease called Goodpasture syndrome.

Wales Online

New Alzheimer’s drug hailed as 'beginning of the end' in quest for treatment

Clinical results suggest that the disease progression can by slowed by 27%

Reuters

Two Chinese cities ease COVID curbs after protests spread

The giant Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Chongqing announced an easing of COVID curbs on Wednesday, a day after demonstrators in southern Guangzhou clashed with police amid a string of protests against the world's toughest coronavirus restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Alzheimer's drug sparks hot debate over benefits as risks like brain bleeding emerge

Eisai Co. unveiled much-anticipated findings on its experimental Alzheimer’s drug, providing tinder for the hot debate over whether its modest efficacy is worth potential risks that include serious brain bleeding.

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The Independent UK

New Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘beginning of the end’ in search for treatment

Lecanemab was found to slow decline in patients’ memory and thinking.

The Independent UK

Scientists hail major breakthrough in fight against Alzheimer’s as drug proven to slow disease

‘This is the first drug that provides a real treatment option,’ says leading researcher

The Independent UK

Drug slows Alzheimer's but can it make a real difference?

New data shows an experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening

The Guardian - UK

Drug slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients, study reveals

Antibody therapy lecanemab removes clumps of protein called beta amyloid that builds up in brain

The Independent UK

Why getting your Covid-19 and flu jabs is crucial this winter – even if you’ve already been vaccinated

“I’m always first in the queue for the flu vaccine,” says Rosie Turner, 29, a comedian living in London with her girlfriend. “Now I want to get my Covid booster. I’ve had all the other Covid vaccinations.”

The Guardian - UK

UK faces ‘big, big shortages’ of free-range Christmas poultry

Half of free-range turkeys and geese grown for festive period have died or been culled due to bird flu, MPs told

WEKU

Northern long-eared bat, devastated by a fungus, is now listed as endangered

The Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease.

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