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Biogen, Alzheimer's drug Eisai pbades a mid-term test, shares explode
The Japanese drug manufacturer Eisai Co and Biogen Inc. declare that the final test badysis of their drug against Alzheimer's showed positive results for patients who received the highest dose. The news pushed up Eisai shares up to 14.6% Friday morning in Tokyo while Biogen shares were up 7% to $ 320 outside trading hours.
The inconvenience of wind turbines can affect the quality of life
Wind turbines in their homes could be more annoyed by these machines and more likely to report quality of life problems than people living far from wind turbines, suggests a study supported by the industry. Wind turbines have become more common in recent years as a source of clean renewable energy that does not pollute the air and does not contribute to global warming. But as several wind farms dot the landscape, some residents of surrounding communities have complained that the noise of wind turbines has a negative impact on their quality of life, note the researchers in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America
Obamacare
The Trump administration has halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers under Obamacare's health care law, claiming that a recent federal court ruling prevents the company's money from going bankrupt. to be disbursed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers programs under the Affordable Care Act, said the action allocates $ 10.4 billion in risk adjustment payments
Cancer Diagnosis Linked to an increased risk of diabetes [Reuters Health] diagnosed with cancer may be more likely to develop diabetes, a Korean study suggests. The study involved 524,089 men and women, aged 20 to 70, who had no cancer or diabetes at first. By the time half of the participants had been in the study for at least seven years, 15,130 people had developed cancer and 26,610 had developed diabetes
The healthy lifestyle of the mother reduces the risk of diabetes. Obesity
are less likely to be obese than children of less healthy mothers, the researchers report. "Living a healthy lifestyle can not only help adults improve their health and reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases, but also have beneficial effects on the health of their offspring," said Dr. Qi Sun of Harvard .
Explaining "collective immunity" can convince more people to be vaccinated against influenza
Knowing that being vaccinated against influenza can help prevent the spread of influenza in the community can help to convince more people to get vaccinated. An American study suggests. Although doctors recommend that almost everyone, from six months of age, be vaccinated against the flu each year, less than half of Americans take this advice. Every person who skips his flu shot drops what is called "collective immunity" or the potential for vaccinated residents in a community to prevent the virus from spreading to the minority of residents who can not get vaccinated for medical reasons. ] (This story was not edited by Devdiscourse staff and is generated automatically from a syndicated feed.)
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