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“FTA: > People who had taken the drugs for at least three months had a 50% higher risk of having been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Those who took benzodiazepines for six months had an almost double risk of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.”

“The researchers also found shortened survival after castration when bladder cancer and melanoma cells were placed in the brain. Blocking androgen signaling with a drug shortened survival in male mice with glioblastoma cells placed in the brain, from 19 days to 17.5 days.”

“For one year, nine healthy volunteers took a cocktail of three common drugs — growth hormone and two diabetes medications — and on average shed 2.5 years of their biological ages, measured by analysing marks on a person’s genomes.”

“[...] > While other research groups have studied how BDNF administration affects drug self-administration and relapse, no one has looked at what happens if BDNF is given immediately before relapse.”

“While previous work indicates that it might offer a safe and effective alternative to traditional drug therapies for some mental health disorders, flawed features of study design have cast doubt on their conclusions.”

“A new study in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease demonstrates that low-dose lithium may halt the progression of the disease by decreasing amyloid-beta plaque accumulation. Lithium is a drug commonly used to treat bipolar disorder and drug-resistant depression.”

“Statins comprise a large class of drugs that lower blood cholesterol levels by blocking the production of an enzyme involved in cholesterol synthesis. Although statins are generally well tolerated, as many as 10 to 20 percent of people taking the drugs experience complications, including myopathy (muscle damage), liver damage, and cognitive problems.”

“Premature ovarian insufficiency – a condition in which the ovaries fail earlier than usual – affects more than 3.5 percent of females worldwide, often due to genetics, autoimmune disorders, or exposure to certain drugs, such as those used in chemotherapy.”

“FTA: > Exposure to light at night, which shuts off nighttime production of the hormone melatonin, renders breast cancer completely resistant to tamoxifen, a widely used breast cancer drug, says a new study.”

“This is a long but very interesting article that covers how generic brands are made abroad (mostly in China and India) and how the US FDA regulatory standards for generic drugs made in these other countries may not be as stringent as one would hope.”