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Wendy Glauser

@wendyglauser.bsky.social
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Toronto-based journalist / health and science comms professional. Bylines in The Walrus, Globe, Macleans, New Scientist, and others. wendyglauser.com

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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
"We’ve been asking families to somehow outengineer technology companies in order to protect their children." In my latest for @jmirpub.bsky.social, I explore what's behind the @cmadocs.bsky.social "Heal Childhood" campaign. www.jmir.org/2026/1/e113543
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Important message.👇 Countering misinform works! We can make a difference. "There is growing evidence that multipronged efforts can help counter health and other misinformation, and even small efforts can make an impact." www.jmir.org/2026/1/e95730 by @wendyglauser.bsky.social @jmirpub.bsky.social
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As Social Media Scales Back Fact-Checking, Can Technologies Fill the Gap?
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Around 6000 cis male, a few cis female and a few transgender people commit mass shootings in N.A. in a decade. Clearly, everyone (especially men) will see the overwhelming pattern here and ask what they can do to prevent violence perpetuated by boys and men. Right? Right…?
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The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 22/01/2026
In 2020, Ontario began pushing some of its publicly funded cataract surgeries into private, for-profit clinics. Why what happened next, writes @alisonmotluk.bsky.social, offers a window into the possible future of care in this province. thelocal.to/cataract-sur...
thelocal.to
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local
Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The rise in under-qualified hires at childcare centres has shot up more than 1000% in 5 years. Rather than addressing the ECE shortage by improving wages and working conditions, the Ontario government is choosing to "paper over the crisis," advocates say. My latest: thelocal.to/ontarios-day...
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Ontario’s Daycares Are Increasingly Staffed by Underqualified Hires | The Local
New data shows Ministry of Education approvals for non-ECEs working in ECE-designated roles jumped more than 1,000 percent over the last five years.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.”  It sounds fierce.  It feels righteous.  But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless.

The Gestapo was a secret police force.  No warrants.  No courts.  No lawyers.  And no appeals.  People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything.  The knock on the door was the sentence.

ICE isn’t that.  Not even close.

ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials.  Its agents file reports.  They seek warrants.  They lose cases.  Judges stop them.  Lawyers challenge them.  Some detainees go home.  That’s not tyranny.  That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse.

You can hate immigration policy.  You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad.  You can work to have the law changed if you wish.  That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do.  

But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil.  You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor.  And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize.

In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight.  This one hasn't yet.  It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses.

That difference matters.

Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history.  We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with.

And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 14/01/2026
This awful story about a dying woman forced to endure a painful transfer to obtain MAID has a kernel of hope within it. This may *finally* be the beginning of the end of Catholic hospital impunity in Canada, which legally stands on very thin ice but hasn't been forcefully challenged. Yet. 1/3
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Family of woman forced to transfer facilities for medical assistance in dying takes case to court | CBC News
Proceedings got underway in B.C. Supreme Court Monday in a case that will determine whether faith-based health-care organizations can continue to prohibit medical assistance in dying (MAID) within the...
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What happens when ChatGPT meets a crumbling journalism industry meets, perhaps, an intrepid young person in Nigeria with few economic options? At least there are still writers/editors like @nickhunebrown.bsky.social out there.
thelocal.to
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
There is often a very important difference between terror attacks in the US versus elsewhere and that key difference is not background levels of antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, racism, political rhetoric etc. globalnews.ca/news/1146091...
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2 dead, several injured after Manchester, U.K. synagogue attack - National | Globalnews.ca
The incident took place as people gathered at an Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Good questions. But I wish colleagues would stop assuming that a building is good because it is new. TDSB’s new schools are in fact very bad, and expensive, and their handling of their real estate portfolio has been abysmal.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
What happens to $20 B worth of land under provincial supervision. The province didn't respond to my questions, the TDSB can't speak to media. My latest for @thelocal.to thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
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What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The AI "enhanced" photos of the Utah shooting suspect tells me one thing - people don't understand how AI works.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
We can choose to take care of each other, which means demanding proper funding and accountability in our health system. Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I am in awe of the compassionate and brilliant health workers who work in Ontario - including those who helped answer my many medical Qs as I wrote this. We can have a world-class health system here. Many of us can remember when ERs weren't crowded, when specialists weren't booked years in advance.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Health workers and families have been sounding alarms for years about severe underfunding of health care. There have been two other major stories in the past week about sepsis deaths in Ontario hospitals. A mother who left behind three children, including a newborn. And an 18-year-old boy.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Zooming out further, it wasn't just the ER that failed Rheanna. It was also the larger health system -- specialist consults were delayed and nurses fought for hours to get Rheanna transferred to the ICU. An ICU doctor was cautioned for missing red flags and dismissing nurses' concerns.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
She explains that female physicians practice differently than male physicians, and their presence can positively influence the practices of their male colleagues. (Despite the "woke" battles, studies objectively show that diversity in health care leads to better outcomes for everyone).
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Dr. Michelle Cohen, one of the physicians who initially complained about Dr. Duic, points out that other male emergency doctors who saw Rheanna also didn't take her symptoms as seriously as they should have.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
On the second visit, it was Dr. Duic who saw her. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found his management of Rheanna “showed a lack of knowledge, skill and judgment” and pointed out he had been cautioned or counselled four times in the past. His license was suspended.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
In early 2022, 19-year-old Rheanna Laderoute visited Southlake emerg, explaining she had an abortion 2 weeks earlier and was still experiencing pain and bleeding - concerning signs of an infection. She would visit the hospital three times total, in the space of 10 days, before she died of sepsis.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
After that investigation, Dr. Marko Duic resigned as chief but he continued to practice as a physician at Southlake hospital's emerg. Since 2018, Southlake added 2 women to its emergency department of 17 physicians -- it remains an outlier when compared to other departments its size.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
In 2018, I investigated a story for the Globe about a doctor who didn't hire female physicians over a 16 year period, as emergency dept chief at two different hospitals in the GTA. Health workers shared discriminatory comments he had made to and about women, and allegations about his patient care.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A horrifying and preventable death. It's Ontario in 2025. Nobody should be dying from an abortion.
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An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 27/08/2025
I've been 💔 about this case ever since I learned about it several months ago. Rheanna Laderoute deserved so much more than what she got at Southlake hospital. Terrific reporting as always from @wendyglauser.bsky.social, who has been holding Southlake and Marko Duic to account since 2018.
theglobeandmail.com
An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
What's most concerning about the Ford government's takeover of school boards is that the provincial government doesn't seem to want to talk to media about it. thelocal.to/school-board...
thelocal.to
Inside the Takeover of Toronto-Area School Boards | The Local
The province says its decision to put multiple school boards under supervision is about restoring financial stability. But observers see a larger play for power.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Sometimes, it’s just best to hire a medical writer.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I wish American media would read Israeli media. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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We cannot look away from the images of children killed in Gaza | Editorial
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I don't often get to write about working conditions and pay issues in health care, even though they're massively important to wait times and care quality. It was an honour to work with @maddidellplain.bsky.social, Dr. Sahil Gupta, Nicole Naimer, and Dr. Maria Raveendran on this series.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Given the state of journalism, there are far too many stories we’re not hearing about the state of health care. I’m so glad for @monicakidd.bsky.social, an expert in both realms, and her journalism - thewalrus.ca/private-heal...
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Need a Knee Replacement? You Can Get It at the Mall | The Walrus
Canadians are paying to jump the surgical wait list. It’s unravelling the fabric of public health care
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Enraging
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@tuthanhha.bsky.social‬ the link is fixed in this one :)
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hospitals need to stay operational and safe, despite wildfire smoke, floods, and extreme heat. My CTV article describes how climate resilience drove the design of the new St. Paul's hospital. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Hospital as ‘climate bunker’: How one health facility is preparing for the future
The health impacts of climate change are increasingly obvious, which is why one Canadian hospital is making climate change resilience central to its design.
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 09/02/2025
I get pushback every time I say this, but I will die on this hill. Women are harmed when doctors refuse/defer indicated pelvic exams.
Screenshot of my tweet from Sep 10, 2019:

Dear acute care docs, 

The following are NOT acceptable reasons to defer an indicated pelvic exam:

❌no♀docs on shift
❌using a chaperone is annoying
❌I don't insert IUDs, why should I troubleshoot them?
❌pt has a psych hx
❌gyne will do it
❌"follow up with FP"
❌ew, vagina
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If only this moment of nationalism could be harnessed to save our health care systems…
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Aha! They forgot 'people born with a female reproductive system'. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Cancer patients and chronic illness patients are often bombarded with unsolicited dietary and supplement advice from those around. The pressure is often so high, that some of these patients end up endangering their lives via taking said supplements. It is a nightmare. news.ki.se/antioxidants...
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Antioxidants stimulate blood flow in tumours
Vitamin C and other antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumours, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation shows. T...
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
thestar.com
Israeli troops burn northern Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say
Israeli troops stormed one of the last hospitals operating in northern Gaza on Friday, igniting fires and forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This is pretty interesting: Raw pet food contaminated with #H5N1 #birdflu recalled after a house cat in Oregon dies. apnews.com/article/cat-...
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Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu
Oregon authorities say a house cat died after eating raw frozen pet food that tested positive for bird flu.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Rachel Giese wrote an excellent feature on this many years back, explaining why those who die on the tracks would very likely still be with us today, if we had barriers in place. torontolife.com/city/priorit...
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Priority One: suicides on the subway tracks—how many, how often and how to stop them - Toronto Life
1,077,815 Torontonians can’t be wrong.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We should also take into account the costs of surgeries and life-long care to those who are maimed. Public and private funders place financial values on lives when they decide to fund a drug or not. We spend millions/person to offer more years. We should look at this problem the same way.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
But there is something we can do, something many major cities across the world have done - glass barriers. The public deserves to know the average # of deaths on the tracks per year, the cost of barriers, and the cost/life saved.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
In light of the horrific images of a TTC suicide, let's recall that the city doesn't release numbers of track suicides each year, to avoid encouraging more. This policy would make sense if there was nothing we could do to stop people from jumping onto the tracks.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"We're not happy until you're not happy."
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
So Air Canada can cancel my direct flight, rebook me on a non-direct flight the next day, forcing me to pay for an extra hotel night and meals, and they don’t have to reimburse me for anything because it was a “safety” issue?
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Yes, but no scary socialism and all the freedom fries you can eat! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
You could take the subway north in the direction of Vaughan and take an uber from the Vaughan stop (that would be cheaper and now you can just tap your credit card at the TTC gate). But I would be tempted to take an uber from Union station in your situation. Maybe around $50-60 at that time?
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"All the jokes, all the snark about the shooting, it's all a coping mechanism for a population of people who feel powerless in our health care system." @glaucomflecken.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@drglaucomfl...
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TikTok video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"Of 144 women who reported that they were having a partial hysterectomy, only 15 actually did; others actually had a total hysterectomy."
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Wendy Glauser @wendyglauser.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"There are few procedures in which patients routinely go under the knife without understanding their full range of options — or leave the operating room not knowing exactly which of their organs remain. But that is exactly what happens to many hysterectomy patients." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/h...
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You Had a Hysterectomy. What Did the Doctor Leave Behind?
Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health.
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Leigh Turner @leighturner.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"A consultant researcher who helped conduct some of the drug’s foundational studies was charged with fraud by a federal grand jury for allegedly falsifying data to obtain research grants." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/h...
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Trial of Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Halted After Disappointing Results (Gift Article)
Cassava Sciences said that its drug did not significantly reduce cognitive decline in 1,900 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
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