Science, Medicine, & Education

Promising Alzheimer’s treatment flops in new trial, crushing hopes

A closely watched treatment for Alzheimer’s disease came up short in a late-stage trial, marking the latest setback in a field wracked by years of failure. The drug, from biotech company TauRx, did no better than a sugar pill at improving patients’ scores on tests of cognitive and physical function, according to data presented early […]

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ADHD now classified as a specific disability under federal civil rights law

The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines aimed at preventing schools from discriminating against the growing numbers of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In a letter to school districts and a “know your rights” document to be posted on its website Tuesday, the department said schools must obey existing civil rights law to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Campus BDS backers increasingly violent against Jews

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) –  Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism occurred on campus during the 1st six months of 2016 compared with the 1st six months of 2015, according to AMCHA Initiative’s mid-year study released on Tuesday, July 26. In addition, calls for Israel’s elimination on campus tripled, and that expression highly correlated with actions that

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Sanders convention speech cites Clinton health care concessions

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders celebrated the health care concessions he won from Hillary Clinton Monday night as he gave a rousing endorsement to his former presidential rival. In a Democratic convention speech that revisited the agenda of his surprisingly competitive campaign for the nomination, Sanders reminded the audience that while he may have lost the

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Leukemia victim’s Ashkenazi Jewish family in U.K. launches a world-wide search for a stem cell donor

LONDON (Press Release) — A Jewish family in the UK has just five weeks to find a stem cell donor to save their mother’s life after discovering her leukemia has returned. Sharon Berger, 65, of London was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in 2012, and was told that the only available cure was a stem

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Deaf author at Comic-Con tells of break- through book

El Deafo by Cece Bell, color by David Lasky; Amulet Books; © 2014; ISBN 978141-9712173; 233 pages plus a note from the author;  price not listed. Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Written for elementary and middle school audiences, El Deafo tells the story of author Cece Bell

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori

Little Uruguay beat Big Tobacco in court, keeping the right to large, grotesque cigarette warnings

Your cigarettes could one day look a lot grosser, with the packaging depicting rotten teeth, charred lungs or cancer-ridden skin. It’s all thanks to a judgment in a landmark case between the tiny South American country of Uruguay and the giant tobacco company Philip Morris International. The ruling has sent a stark message to the

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