<story><title>Chemical clears Alzheimer&apos;s protein and restores memory in mice</title><url>http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151208/ncomms9997/full/ncomms9997.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>carbocation</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing to me that people are willing to experiment with an unapproved chemical that provides no proven benefit in humans, yet aren&amp;#x27;t willing to use human-proven therapies with known benefits such as statins.</text></item><item><author>wrong_internet</author><text>Pretty sure Alzheimer&amp;#x27;s isn&amp;#x27;t good for you, either.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d take any health risks over dementia, personally, and I&amp;#x27;m sure most would, too. Looking forward to the FDA blocking this on &amp;quot;safety&amp;quot; grounds.</text></item><item><author>andy_ppp</author><text>Wow, you can buy some EPPS (the chemical in the article) here for £39.20?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sigmaaldrich.com&amp;#x2F;catalog&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;sigma&amp;#x2F;54465?lang=en&amp;amp;region=GB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sigmaaldrich.com&amp;#x2F;catalog&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;sigma&amp;#x2F;54465?lang...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks interesting research but I&amp;#x27;m sure this stuff probably can&amp;#x27;t be that good for you!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Udik</author><text>Well, it&amp;#x27;s not for a sore knee. Is there anything more unapproved than an irreversible disease that destroys your mind in the space of a few years? It&amp;#x27;s not like cancer, from which you might be cured, or at least with which you can have a meaningful life until your eventual death. It is a slow motion process of erasure that is well on its way at the moment of the first diagnosis. Taking the wrong medicine could shorten your brain&amp;#x27;s life of how much, a year perhaps? Still worth trying.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chemical clears Alzheimer&apos;s protein and restores memory in mice</title><url>http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151208/ncomms9997/full/ncomms9997.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>carbocation</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s amazing to me that people are willing to experiment with an unapproved chemical that provides no proven benefit in humans, yet aren&amp;#x27;t willing to use human-proven therapies with known benefits such as statins.</text></item><item><author>wrong_internet</author><text>Pretty sure Alzheimer&amp;#x27;s isn&amp;#x27;t good for you, either.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d take any health risks over dementia, personally, and I&amp;#x27;m sure most would, too. Looking forward to the FDA blocking this on &amp;quot;safety&amp;quot; grounds.</text></item><item><author>andy_ppp</author><text>Wow, you can buy some EPPS (the chemical in the article) here for £39.20?&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sigmaaldrich.com&amp;#x2F;catalog&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;sigma&amp;#x2F;54465?lang=en&amp;amp;region=GB&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sigmaaldrich.com&amp;#x2F;catalog&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;sigma&amp;#x2F;54465?lang...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks interesting research but I&amp;#x27;m sure this stuff probably can&amp;#x27;t be that good for you!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>leoedin</author><text>Presumably these &amp;quot;people&amp;quot; you speak of are actually different people (unless you have evidence of the parent choosing not to use statins?)&lt;p&gt;People tend to vary wildly in choices and opinions. Who knew!?</text></comment>