Friday, December 2, 2016

Some for You

While I write up a new Alzheimer's hypothesis.   I knew the old one was wrong the moment I published it...

Sugar And Your Health: How The Sugar Industry Influenced Scientific Research
They  made you think eating fat makes you fat.

Pasteurised intestinal bacterium reduces effects of obesity and diabetes
Thanks Finland!

Aspirin regimen for older adults has long-term benefits
Aspirin is anti-microbial.   Salicylates improve your mucous membranes' infection fighting abilities.

Zika in fetal brain tissue responds to a popular antibiotic
The scientists screened 2,177 FDA-approved drugs for their ability to block Zika infection of brain cells cultured in the lab, and identified several that did, including azithromycin, a widely used antibiotic.

If high-school kids in Australia can replicate a $750 drug for $2, why is it still so expensive to buy?
For the record, Martin Shkreli did not research or develop a damn thing.  He's a soulless vampire.