Alzheimer's Drug Fails Study but Flashes Potential

Alzheimer's drug fails study but flashes potential

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Lilly's announcement Friday comes two years after the drugmaker stopped developing another potential treatment, semagacestat, after patients taking the drug wound up faring worse than those on a placebo. Scientists say the search for a better Alzheimer …
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Mariners' minor-league pitcher David Pauley suspended 50 games for violating

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Tacoma Rainiers pitcher David Pauley was suspended 50 games Friday for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment program. According to a Major League Baseball news release, Pauley, 29, was suspended by the commissioner's …
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Experimental Alzheimer's drug shows promise

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ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. AP. August 24, 2012 (INDIANAPOLIS) — An Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly and Co. failed to slow memory decline in two separate patient studies, but the drug did show some …
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New West Windsor outpatient addiction treatment facility answers call to serve

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According to numbers compiled by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), 959,282 residents of New Jersey were in need of addiction treatment in 2010, the latest year for which data are available. According to the report, 30,521 …
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