The quest to find effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease has historically been a lost cause — a field littered with failed drugs and dashed hopes. According to a recent systematic review, between 2003 and 2022, researchers tested 100 compounds against the devastating cognitive disease in phase II and III trials. Only two drugs made it through the rigorous gambit of pharmaceutical science. Their beneficial effects were too small to make a meaningful difference to patients. Then, like...
Dentons overrode an internal warning to take “extreme caution” with an Eastern European client because it might be “impertinent or impolite,” regulators said in London.
After stints heading local-language production at Disney APAC and HBO Asia, Hong Kong-based Jessica Kam-Engle is now heading CreAsia Studio, a new Banijay Asia venture in Southeast Asia, in the role of EVP & Business Head. Sitting down with Deadline in Hong Kong in the run-up to Filmart, Kam-Engle told us more about the new […]
The singer on being single, a brush with the law in LA, and buying biscuits in bulkBorn in Bristol, Keren Woodward, 62, had a clerical job at the BBC when she formed Bananarama with Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey in the early 80s. They have had 25 songs in the UK Top 40 with hits including Cruel Summer, Venus, Love in the First Degree and Robert De Niro’s Waiting. A duo since the early 90s, this month they released Glorious: The Ultimate Collection and, in April, they play the London Palladium....
If you’re planning to keep your furry friend around while you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend, don’t rely on the luck of the Irish to protect them from potential hazards.
The combat sports universe just got a seismic jolt, and it’s all thanks to a jaw-dropping revelation: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul is happening! Francis Ngannou’s Verdict: “I Don’t Even Know If It’s Real!” In an exclusive interview with MMA Junkie, the formidable Francis Ngannou shared his unfiltered thoughts on this electrifying matchup. And let me tell you, folks, it’s wilder than a cage fight at midnight. “Honestly,” Francis Ngannou confessed, “I don’t know. I don’t even know if it’s real. I...
Everyone I know who has interacted with Kenny Payne on at least a semi-consistent basis has told me that they enjoy his company. I would speak from personal experience here, but my dealings with Payne have all been indirect, which is fine. There will come a time — hopefully in the relatively near future when Louisville basketball has returned to being Louisville basketball — when I will be fine with Payne popping up inside the KFC Yum Center. Maybe he attends a Final Four game in New Orleans or...
Rainbows are one of the most amazing and mysterious phenomena in the world. When we see them, they make us smile with hope.
Remember the blood spilled in Afghanistan when you vote later this year. On Thursday, President Joe Biden gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he angrily tumbled his way through countless lies and accusations while still claiming the union is stronger than ever. Biden was also jeered by a man in the […]
“I was holding him in my arms telling him, ‘No, don’t die on me,'” Fountain said of that tragic night. “‘Don’t die on me, Papa. Don’t die on me.'R
Everyone deals with fear, loss, and hardship. For Patricia Brooks or ‘Pat’ as her friends call her, the time came with an unexpected diagnosis.
After the State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic expressing frustration with how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is conducting Israel’s war with Hamas amid mounting civilian casualties.