The Associated Press: Pfizer Alzheimer’s disease drug fails in study
The Boomers are aging and Alzheimer’s incidence is expected to increase. This is disappointing news.
Dimebon Alzheimer’s Treatment (not yet)
Author: SupremeCmdr
The Contraction of the Consumer
An Update On Consumer Frugality: Americans Staying Home More, Reading Books | zero hedge
While people did spend more on luxury items and things to help them improve their mood during these tumultuous times, there was still very much a frugal ‘stay at home’ cocooning theme in the spending report.
Staying home, reading books. Sounds like my life in a nutshell.
How Do You Get Your News?
Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News [STATS]
I use Bloglines as my RSS aggregator and this blog to highlight and pass along articles of interest. My posts also appear on my Plaxo and LinkedIn pages. Tweets and retweets are delivered to a small band of followers and on my LinkedIn page.
It’s a wonder how I get any work done.
Liraglutide – Think T2DM
NEJM — Weighing Risks and Benefits of Liraglutide — The FDA’s Review of a New Antidiabetic Therapy
On January 25, 2010, the FDA approved liraglutide, a glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist that can be taken once daily to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Scary Chart of the Day – 2/28/10
Watch, Listen and Learn – Cocaine Sudden Death
Syncope Matters
The strongest predictors of mortality were structural heart disease or an abnormal electrocardiogram (hazard ratio [HR], 5.6), hypertension (HR, 3.0), and trauma from syncope (HR, 2.24).
Health Insurance for Freelancers
This is an interesting development in the world of temporary and contract workers. Bear in mind, once you become a W-2 that changes the composition of your business as a self-employed individual. Examine the pluses and minuses before making a switch like this.
Outsourcing Firm’s Latest Offering: Health Insurance – BusinessWeek
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