I usually think of BBC as a good source of news, but then they publish articles with headlines like,
"Daily pill to 'cure Alzheimer's'" and
" Smoking 'reduces alcohol effect'"> and the first lines of the articles read "
Tests in mice have shown the drug, PBT2, prevents build up of the amyloid protein linked to the disease" and "Having a cigarette while drinking may reduce the effects of the alcohol, scientists suggest -
but the tests have only been carried out on rats so far."
Hmmm, I fear for the poor reader who doesn't proceed past the headlines of articles, they will be horribly misinformed. What's up with that? When it's only been done in animals, it's not a cure or a result immediately generalizeable to humans. So, how about a little liss nuttiness BBC? Fire whoever is writing these headlines.
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