Science News: Antipsychotics and Cancer, Screening for Depression, and Alzheimer's Drug Controversy

Update: 2021-10-26

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This week, Peter Simons covers a study that found prolactin-increasing antipsychotics associated with increased breast cancer risk, an analysis that found no convincing evidence that screening for depression improves outcomes, and the continuing controversy around the FDA's approval of Biogen's failed Alzheimer's drug aducanumab.

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Science News: Antipsychotics and Cancer, Screening for Depression, and Alzheimer's Drug Controversy

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Science News: Antipsychotics and Cancer, Screening for Depression, and Alzheimer's Drug Controversy

Science News: Antipsychotics and Cancer, Screening for Depression, and Alzheimer's Drug Controversy