As investigators closed in on Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid painkiller OxyContin, more than a decade ago, members of the family that owns the company began shifting hundreds of millions of dollars from the business to themselves through offshore entities, the state of New York alleged in a lawsuit on Thursday. The legal… Read More: New York Sues Sackler Family Members and Drug Distributors »
After suffering burnout, farmer and author Lorna Sixsmith identified self-care tactics that help her de-stress Emily and Amelia Nagoski Tired but wired: Why are so many of us suffering burnout and what can we do about it? Independent.ie It was last summer that farmer and writer Lorna Sixsmith started experiencing the classic symptoms of burnout.… Read More: Tired but wired: Why are so many of us suffering… »
National Institutes of Health scientists studying the progression of inherited and infectious eye diseases that can cause blindness have found that microglia, a type of nervous system cell suspected to cause retinal damage, surprisingly had no damaging role during prion disease in mice. In contrast, the study findings indicated that microglia might delay disease progression.… Read More: Retinal prion disease study redefines role for brain cells »