Eye on Faith

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Aducanumab: Amyloid cleanser

Alzheimer's Tangles (Public Domain)

Just as dentists routinely remove plaque from the gums, doctors may soon routinely remove plaque from the brain.

There’s a new drug called aducanumab which contains antibodies that target amyloid plaque. This sticky plaque has been thought to cause Alzheimer’s Disease. Monthly infusions of aducanumab may therefore slow or halt the

progression of early Alzheimer’s.

Clinical trials are currently being done in order to “further evaluate [the] safety and efficiency” of aducanumab. If things go well, this could be the breakthrough that thousands have prayed for.

Resources

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/09/01/alzheimers-new-drug-that-halts-mental-decline-is-best-news-for-d/

Friday, July 27, 2018

Sugar kills in more ways than one

Refined Sucrose Crystals (Photo by Lauri Andler)

Historically, Russians have loved Pepsi, so much so that they were willing to trade a military fleet for $3 billion worth of the sweet stuff.

Therefore, in the late 1980s, Pepsi became “the 6^th most powerful military in the world.” Imagine the implications…

Thankfully, Pepsi traded its “subs and boats” for scrap metal rather than world domination. This proves, once again, that guns don’t kill people. Soda does.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/how-pepsi-briefly-became-the-6th-largest-military-in-the-world/ar-BBL7wfm?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=BHEA000

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

You Snooze, They Lose

California DMV (Photo by Coolcaesar)

Most of us know that falling asleep at the wheel is a no-no. However, falling asleep at the DMV may be perfectly acceptable, even if you’re a paid employee.

It seems that one such civil servant has been clocking three hours of nap time per “work day” (so to speak) without penalty. This has amounted to a not-so-grand total of 2,200

non-productive hours “between February 2014 and December 2017.”

Thousands of hours mean thousands of dollars. Tax dollars. Chances are that these were earned by citizens who were not asleep at the time.

Resources