Imagine the day when a routine visit to the family doctor includes a simple blood test to predict the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). If the test returns a worrisome result — too many sticky brain proteins that might begin to gum up memory and thought in 10 to 15 years — a person could be offered an aspirin-like pill to keep those proteins in check. [click link for full article] (more…)
The Los Angeles Times on Thursday examined a “striking shift” in Democratic policies on abortion, marked by the inclusion of a “grab bag” of programs that aim to prevent unintended pregnancies and “encourage women who do conceive to carry to term” in a spending measure the House approved last week. [click link for full article] (more…)
Dr. Ferid Murad who received a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine will be among the plenary keynote presenters at GTCbio’s 3rd Modern Drug Discovery and Development Summit on November 28-30 in San Francisco, CA. (more…)
A “critical shortage” of primary care physicians in Massachusetts has led many doctors to stop accepting new patients, according to a report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, the lack of PCPs “threatens to undermine” the Massachusetts [click link for full article] (more…)
