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Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update)
Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update)
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Nov 25, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Promising drugs keep failing in trials. Allegations of fraud have cast a shadow over the field. An expert explains why Alzheimer’s treatments have been so hard to find — and why one clue may lie in the Andes Mountains.
Released:
Nov 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (87)
9. Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health: When researchers analyzed which day of the week most drug-safety alerts are released — and what it means for public health — they were stunned. So was Bapu Jena. He talks with them and a physician this week about the “Friday Effect,” a common problem with big repercussions for the safety of the medications. by Freakonomics, M.D.