Probe: Alzheimer’s drug approval ‘rife with irregularities’

January 31, 2022

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s contentious approval of a questionable Alzheimer’s drug took another hit Thursday as congressional investigators called the process “rife with irregularities.” The 18-month investigation by two House committees detailed “atypical collaboration” between FDA regulators and a company it’s supposed to oversee -- Aduhelm manufacturer Biogen. The probe also cited Biogen documents saying the company intended to “make history” when it set what investigators called an “unjustifiably high” initial price of $56,000 a year for ...

Sports can break your heart in more ways than one

January 25, 2022

Editor’s note: This material is presented using a first-person method. MARQUETTE — I spent last Saturday evening the same way that many others did—in a heightened state of stress and anxiety. For over three hours, I paced back and forth, I bit my fingernails and ate far too much greasy ...

Urology pearls

January 25, 2022

Not all diets are designed with the goal of weight loss in mind. Some diets aim at preventing this or that ailment, other diets attempt to improve individuals’ quality of life, or to extend life. What if you could obtain more goals than merely losing weight by using a single, highly ...

Health Matters – classic

January 25, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in The Mining Journal on June 2, 2020. Bob was a hard working fellow, with a job requiring demanding, physical labor, and therefore considerable pounding to his body. He took pride in doing a good job and was glad he was able to. Thankfully, he ...

COVID-19 test request website has soft launch

January 19, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online. The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for Americans to access an order form run by the U.S. Postal Service. People can order four at-home tests per residential address, to be delivered by the Postal Service. It marks the latest step by President Joe Biden to address criticism of low inventory and long lines for testing during a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases due to the ...

Staying physically, mentally healthy on campus

January 18, 2022

MARQUETTE — Now that the holiday season has wrapped up, life is starting to get back to normal. Or at least, as normal as we can hope for during the historic times we are living in. With all of the upheaval and challenges presented by the pandemic, finding any modicum of normalcy in ...