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FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs Show Promise for Alzheimer's
What's going on: As Alzheimer’s cases rise with an aging population, researchers are racing to find better treatments. Now, a new study published in the journal Cell is offering new hope. Scientists explored existing FDA-approved drugs that doctors could prescribe off-label. They found that a combination of two cancer drugs — one for breast cancer, the other for colon and lung cancer — appeared to slow or even reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. The findings come as progress in Alzheimer’s treatment and prevention has stalled. The disease has no cure, and many pharmaceutical companies have dropped out of the race after repeated trial failures.
What it means: The study is an encouraging sign, but there are still a lot of unknowns. The results in mice often don’t translate to humans, and researchers still don’t fully understand how these cancer drugs are working against Alzheimer’s. One theory suggests the breast cancer drug blocks estrogen, while the other reduces inflammation in the brain, targeting the disease from two sides. Researchers also need to assess how patients might handle the cancer drugs’ side effects, including nausea and other symptoms such as severe diarrhea. Still, the idea of repurposing existing drugs is gaining traction — and could help scientists skip some of the hurdles that come with developing new drugs from scratch.
What's going on: At least 25 countries, including the UK, France, and Japan, have criticized Israel’s “drip feeding of aid” in Gaza and demanded an immediate end to the war. (Even the Trump administration is growing frustrated, according to Axios). Over the weekend, local eyewitnesses and hospitals said Israeli soldiers opened fire near two separate food distribution efforts. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in the two incidents, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry and local emergency responders. Israel confirmed its troops opened fire, saying crowds had approached troops in a way that posed a threat, but said the reported death tolls were exaggerated.
What it means: Gaza’s food crisis is growing more deadly by the day. United Nations agencies say about 1 in 10 children screened there is malnourished, and the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates tens of thousands need urgent care. That’s as humanitarian officials say Palestinians are struggling to access the two main food efforts in Gaza — one run by the UN, the other backed by Israel and the US. Since May, the WFP says armed groups and desperate crowds have looted some of its trucks. Meanwhile, Palestinian health officials say hundreds have been killed or injured trying to reach food at four Israeli-US-funded sites. Israel said its forces have acted within the law and allowed enough food into Gaza, but said Hamas diverted supplies, causing deaths. Analysts warn that Gaza’s ongoing power vacuum will only make it harder to coordinate food aid and protect convoys.
Trump Wants Pro Sports Teams To Follow His Playbook
What's going on: The Washington Commanders rebranded themselves in 2022 after retiring their old name — the Redskins — following years of criticism that it was racist and derogatory toward Native Americans. Now, President Donald Trump wants to turn back the clock. On Sunday, he posted on Truth Social that “The Washington Whatever’s should IMMEDIATELY change their name back,” claiming (without evidence) that there’s a “big clamoring for this” and that “our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen.” He doubled down yesterday, threatening to upend the team’s plans for a new stadium in Washington, DC, if they don’t comply. Trump also called on MLB’s Cleveland Guardians to go back to their old name, the Indians — a move the team has said it’s not interested in.
What it means: Both teams ditched their decades-old brands after the racial reckoning that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Trump wants to undo that, along with other diversity efforts, arguing that “times are different now.” He’s also pushed to restore some Confederate statues and building names that were removed. Still, some analysts say his focus on team names is a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein fallout now dogging his administration. And while Trump has threatened to derail the Commanders’ stadium plans, it’s unclear whether he actually has the power to do so.
