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Cuban Alzheimer’s treatment that could “change the world” (belly-of-the-beast.kit.com)
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[weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Even as the Trump administration tightens the vise on Cuba — imposing a crushing oil blockade that has exacerbated fuel shortages and power outages — U.S. citizens are traveling to the island seeking medicine they can’t get in their own country.

In our latest video, we show how Colorado-based physician Dr. Bill Blanchet is helping Alzheimer’s patients access a groundbreaking treatment developed by Cuban scientists.

Also:

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  • Cuban President Calls for “Urgent” Economic Reforms
  • Amid U.S.-Israeli War on Iran, Neocon Legislators Say Cuba is “Next”
  • Cuba To Install 5,000 Chinese-donated Solar Panels
  • Join Us On a Guided Trip to Cuba!

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38093366/

Looks promising.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Did you actually read that? Did nothing on most tests, and the rest were statistically significant, but effects will not change anyone's quality of life.

    Conclusion is it needs a proper double blind CT.

    Nothing burger. FDA approves all kids of drugs that show significance on CT endpoints but do fuck all to help someone, because the point is not quality of life, it's pharma profits.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago*

    Did you read it?? It showed statistical significance with an 8 point difference on the outcome measure test. And then for you so say this drug needs a double blind controlled trial? It was. That is literally the first sentence in the methods section! Also, the article went into details about the outcomes measures and quality of life impacts.

    Just going to throw this out there, you had to follow the doi link, then download the pdf to read the actual article. It sounds like you just glazed over the summary paragraphs.

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    • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    https://i.ibb.co/4R66JgFg/screenshot-b9ff5c59.png

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