MD, Clinical Research. Translating lab discoveries into new medicines & diagnostics. Working in Parkinson’s disease. This is where science meets my world.
This should not be a concern for Belgium alone. Honest people in every federation should challenge any decision failing due and proper process. This is the opposite of true sporting spirit. Shameful
Fechou-se hoje um dos ciclos maiores da nossa literatura. Vergílio Ferreira, José Saramago e António Lobo Antunes representaram o auge da literatura lusófona contemporânea. Deixam-nos um legado inigualável. Inovadores, profundos e imortais. Que perda para a lusofonia.
Ferida de guerra - das suas guerras - esta morte de António Lobo Antunes. Como poucos revelou as vísceras da alma e as sinopses do corpo. Uma lucidez distante que não é desdém mas desapego. Um nome maior -maior - da língua portuguesa.
In the face of overwhelming evidence of an unjustified killing, MAGA and the Trump Administration new narrative is that someone that goes and protest against public officials put themselves in harm’s way. This is what dictatorships like Iran say of public protests…
Os tempos são exigentes, sabemos, mas precisamos de olhar para lá da espuma dos dias e da próxima eleição. O país tem que mexer, reformar-se, dar respostas a uma sociedade que é mais dinâmica e menos paciente.
Venezuelan man:
“Those who say that the U.S. is only interested in our oil, I ask you:
What do you think the RUSSIANS and the CHINESE wanted here?
The recipe for arepas?"
😂😂😂
THIS IS HOW SCIENCE WORKS
Two huge clinical trials just delivered bad news:
GLP-1 drugs - the Ozempic-style “miracle meds” - failed to slow Alzheimer’s.
Yes, failed.
And this is exactly what real science looks like.
For years, anecdotal reports + early studies hinted at something exciting:
• People said they felt “sharper” on GLP-1s.
• Small trials hinted at cognitive benefits.
• Animal studies looked promising.
• Real-world data suggested protection.
Hope was real - and reasonable.
But hope ≠ evidence.
So scientists did what responsible scientists do:
They ran two massive, well-designed, placebo-controlled trials.
Nearly 4,000 patients, followed for two years, all early-stage Alzheimer’s.
The question:
Can semaglutide actually slow the disease?
The answer: No. Not in this population, not at this dose, not in this form.
There were tiny biomarker changes - signals that something might be happening biologically.
But clinically?
Zero difference.
No better memory.
No slower decline.
No measurable benefit.
A clean, unambiguous result.
That’s what gold-standard data does: it cuts through noise.
And yes - this is disappointing.
Researchers who helped invent GLP-1s hoped this would work.
Patients hoped.
Families hoped.
But science doesn’t care about hype or headlines.
It cares about truth.
And today’s truth is simple:
GLP-1s don’t slow Alzheimer’s - at least not like this.
Is this the end?
Not at all.
Scientists are already asking the next questions:
• Wrong dose?
• Wrong timing?
• Wrong population?
• Not enough drug reaching the brain?
• Maybe GLP-1s help prevent, not treat?
• Or maybe we need better molecules entirely?
Each “failure” narrows the path toward a breakthrough.
This is the opposite of pseudoscience.
No excuses.
No YouTube gurus.
No cherry-picking.
Just data → conclusion → next hypothesis.
It’s slow.
It’s painful.
It’s frustrating.
But it’s honest.
The Alzheimer’s field didn’t collapse today.
It adjusted.
It recalibrated.
It moved forward.
Real science isn’t a straight line.
It’s a messy, disciplined climb toward answers that actually help people - not ones we wish were true.
So yes, GLP-1s stumbled.
And that’s fine.
Because this is how science works:
We test big ideas.
Most fail.
Some don’t.
But every trial - even the disappointing ones - pushes us closer to something that will work.
Um feito histórico. De acordo com J. Pacheco Pereira — ao longo dos séculos esta é a primeira vez que a Bíblia grega, a Septuaginta, está disponível em versão integral. Frederico Lourenço é um dos meus heróis.
Curiosa falta de detalhe das taxas e conversão em €
5.000 reais são uns 810€. Portugal tem base isenta superior a isso.
50.000 são 8100€ mensais, que vão passar a pagar 35%. Aqui já vais aos 51% com esse salário.
O número de funcionários aumentou 100.000 em 10 anos (entradas menos saídas). Mas faltam nos hospitais, nas escolas, nas repartições, nas conservatórias, nos centros de saúde, etc etc. Pergunta: PARA ONDE FORAM?
André Ventura cada vez mais primeiro-ministro. Obrigado flotilheiros, sr presidente da república, governo e media que dão cobertura a esta fantochada e nos empurram a votar Chega mesmo que não queiramos.
Miguel Morgado analisa a situação da flotilha humanitária, arrasa a comunicação social e lança duras críticas a Rui Tavares.
A flotilha é um acto de propaganda desta aliança da extrema-esquerda europeia com movimentos islamitas. Esta flotilha está aliada ao Hamas e constitui um acto de provocação ao Estado de Israel. Estes ativistas nunca se preocuparam com as vítimas de 7 de outubro.”
Só disse verdades 👑