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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s hailed as momentous – BBC News
The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s has been called a momentous breakthrough.
The research ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia – is possible.
The drug, lecanemab, has a small effect in the early stages of the disease.
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Much of western Europe is under the most extreme red heat alerts – meaning there’s a potential risk to life.
France, Spain and Italy have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far.
But why is it so hot? What can you do to stay safe? And is El Nino to blame?
We answer some of your most asked questions about the heatwave sweeping Europe with our climate and health correspondents.
We’re also joined by our teams in Paris, Madrid and the south of France.
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Tens of thousands of organisations have been caught out by a computer virus called WannaCry. The malicious software locks data away and demands a payment of up to $300 (£230) a time before it will restore scrambled files. In the UK, many hospitals fell victim and some health organisations diverted ambulances and cancelled non-essential services as they sought to contain and clean up the infection. Infections in more than 99 nations are being reported by security firms. It appears that the hardest hit are Russia and Spain.
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A year ago, artificial intelligence was being sold as something close to science fiction — a technology that could transform society, cure disease, even reshape the global economy.
Today, the tone is changing. The companies leading the revolution are racing to the stock market — chasing billions in investment — while quietly confronting a much harder reality: AI is expensive, unpredictable, and far from profitable.
At the same time, some of the very people building this technology are warning we may be going too fast — even calling for a global pause.
And beyond Silicon Valley, a different story is emerging: growing public anxiety, political backlash, and the rise of what some are calling anti-AI populism.
So is AI entering its most pivotal moment yet — caught between financial pressure, technological risk, and political resistance?
AI Decoded Presenter Christian Fraser is joined by Financial Times AI Editor Madhumita Murgia, Thematic Strategist at Deutsche Bank Research Adrian Cox and Richard Coffin, Host of popular investing podcast ‘ The Plain Bagel’.
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Will AI lead to job losses and displace workers in the UK, or is it an opportunity for government and businesses to grasp?
Watch what the panel said on the BBC Question Time AI special, featuring AI pioneer Mo Gawdat, CEO of AI company Synthesia Victor Riparbelli, and Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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Invented in Moscow in 1984, a new Apple TV movie has charted how Tetris made its way out of the Soviet Union to become a global hit.
But how did the game become so successful?
BBC Click has taken a look.
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@TheMariaKatre
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
I also heard it can cause bleeding on the brain…
@dougjones4987
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
My uncle is taking this medication now and says it works so well he almost forgot he had the disease
@user-hg9op1zf4r
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
This news is encouraging to me, not only on a personal level, having seen loved ones deteriorate with dementia but also from a clinical side as I am a 2nd year medical student. Although the drug is in its early days the evidence of it slowing down the initial stages of Alzheimer’s is promising. It was also heartening to hear side effects were small. This truly could be the miracle drug they are hoping it could be. For those affected by this disease this new drug could offer more time to spend with family, and with a sound mind. David’s story was inspiring, and I hope the drug can give him more life. It also gives me hope that in the future we can eradicate this awful disease. I agree with David’s words “that it’s a horrible nasty thing and if we can slow it down.” I can attest to this having seen loved ones suffer. As a future doctor, wishing to do the best I can for my patients in the spirit of beneficence, these advancements give me hope.
@KennedyNicole-te9vi
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
My husband first experienced confusion and loss of memory in May of 2012 while undergoing rehab for alcoholism. Being home seemed to help him until 2017 when he gradually began experiencing Alzheimer’s symptoms. He had four to five hours a day where he wanted to get a "greyhound" to "go home." Also, he thinks I am his sister and believes he has rented a car (he hasn't driven in 5 years). His personal hygiene was in the tank, it was necessary for him to change two to three times a day. Without long-term insurance for his care, it was becoming stressful to care for him. This year our family friend "Ken" introduced and started him on BRONGEE HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS for Alzheimers and Dementia, 2 months into treatment he improved dramatically. At the end of the full treatment course, the disease is totally gone. No case of Alzheimer’s, hallucination, forgetfulness, and others, he’s strong again and able to go about daily activities. Contact Dr. Rohan today to Get yours via dr.rohanronjohn@ gmail. com As this may also help you or your loved one get rid of Alzheimer's and Dementia.
@JamesLaurel-rq5re
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
@drgboya is changing allot of people life I was opportune to have came across his YouTube channel he is highly recommended for Alzheimer cure…..
@alexlex5792
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Amazing!!
@SuperMissblueeyes
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Having lost my Grandad (my Dad's Dad) to Alzheimer's I'd like to say a huge "Thank you" to all the researchers & participants of this trial. Without any of you, this wouldn't have been possible. It's likely that my Dad will also develop Alzheimer's (it seems to be genetic in the males in our family). It brings me comfort to know that my Dad is just young enough to possibly benefit from this if/when he starts to show signs. And I'm very grateful that many other families will be helped by this too.
@thecook8964
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Decrease was negligible. Bad side effects. See New York Times. Big pharm again preys on desperate people for $$$$$ Disgusting.
@ronlacker326
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Poor man. Doesn't know his own people are becoming a minority in their own land. Lost in his own mind. Rest in peace.
@mr.crowgamer6250
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Is it weed ? Has to be ganja
@ricwhite612
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
some good news, whatever you do dont give it to apes tho
@adolfhitlerowicztrocki495
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Is that new Pfizer Alzheimer mRNA jab?
@absmith6237
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Is this the drug that causes it or cures it ?
@Helenlala7676
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Oh some goods news. What a rarity. Let’s hope it continues.
@AaronWils0n
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Some ones got a fat bank account now
@nawwk79
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Thor is ordering a truck load of these new drug.
@LouDeeCruz
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
The best way to slow onset of alzenheimers is to stop giving the elderly so many pills. Pills including anti depressants, sleeping pills, etc etc.
@skylark386
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Brain swelling is a serious side effect!
@CharlesTheClumsy
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
What is Vsauce doing in the thumbnail?
@chitterville7599
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
This is exciting news .
@josephblogs352
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Yeah Yeah. It's called the aging process. Drugs are not the cure.
@XA1985
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
This is going to make billions of dollars
@TomNook.
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
The US pharma company will patent it and sell it for 1000s a month. Only the 0.1% will be able to afford it.
@mnbalfour1985
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
It's interesting that we're not seeing great advancements in medicine much anymore, such as the development of effective treatments for Alzheimer's and other dementias. I also suspect that this is due to medical schools admitting people who are not creative and do not think out of the box, which in turn delivers similarly flawed medical doctors down the track. Medical school admission requirements like bullshit entrance exams and interviews that gift of the gab types can sweet talk and big talk their way through are the cause of this admission of uncreative medical students and future doctors. Consider the "miracle decade" of the 1970s for medicine. The doctors who achieved the miraculous medical discoveries of the 1970s found it much easier to get admitted to medical school than med school hopefuls find today, and so creative, out of the box types were able to become medical doctors. To show you how narrow minded and short sighted doctors are today, I once had a conversation with a podiatrist who almost died from a stroke. While she was recovering from the stroke, her blood pressure was consistently low, so high blood pressure medication should not have been prescribed. However, her idiot doctors prescribed high blood pressure medication anyway because that was the "standard treatment" for stroke. Low blood pressure plus high blood pressure medication equalled a near fatal medical emergency for this poor woman, all because of idiot doctors who cannot think out of the box. The same sort of idiot doctors are now repeatedly failing us on developing new treatments for Alzheimer's and other dementias.
@razer0072073
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Why does God do this?
@RumpleStiltSkin69
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Just juice organic fruit and vegetables and lose the junk/fast food
@damithlakmal6352
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
This would be great news for people who are suffering from Alzheimer's.
@galleryteneuesartnouveau9353
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Too many worldpharma advancements while we can't realize that the main causes of dementia is all about the toxins & poisons we literally put into our food & water…Flouride in our water,free radicals in our processed food…we aren't sick were poisoned even treating cancer has something to do with toxins in chemotherapy let's sit with those not the pharmaceutical product we shoved into our guts let's sit with nature it's the real cure
@curiositycloset2359
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Yay, now we can work forever.
@Mirracle74
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
While it is certainly honorable and great that today’s pharmaceutical companies discover and develop many new drugs to help people live healthy, happy, and productive lives, it remains true that it is the oldest drugs that humans have ever discovered that continue to be the most widely used and useful drugs to human beings. There is no drug that has been proven to be as incredibly effective and safe as THC. Well over 2,000 years of evidence exists to prove its efficacy and safety. Over 200 years of evidence exists to prove the same thing for psilocybin mushrooms and cocaine. Sure, sildenafil (viagra), ibuprofen, and caffeine are up there too, but very few other drugs have the proven efficacy and safety profiles of the drugs I mentioned. These drugs continue to bring happiness to millions of Americans on a daily basis and will continue to do so as long as human beings do not go extinct, which is highly unlikely to happen any time in at least the next few million years!
@Pou1gie1
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
This could help Chris Hemsworth, since he is at the early stages of his genetic diagnosis.
@beadmecreative9485
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Wow a momentous event that’s a good thing! #wearelivingintoomanydisasters
@theprinceofpie
January 6, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Alzheimer’s is the most costly disease in history. Even a small step towards a cure is huge for everyone affected.