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Benefit of Thick Liquids in Alzheimer Disease and Dysphagia Unclear
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For hospitalized patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) and dysphagia, those receiving thick liquids are less...
Text Message Outreach Can Help Increase Mammogram Completion Rates
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Text messaging women after initial outreach for breast cancer screening increases mammogram completion rates, according to a study...
Cannabis Use Disorder Increasingly Seen in Teens Scheduled for Surgery
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- For adolescents scheduled for surgery, the prevalence of cannabis use disorder (CUD) is increasing and is associated with higher odds...
Multifrequency Tympanometry Could Aid Diagnosis of Meniere Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Multifrequency tympanometry (MFT) could aid the diagnosis of Meniere disease (MD), according to a review published online March 4 in...
Novel Score Validated for Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- A novel high-resolution manometry (HRM) score can stratify the risk and severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according...
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in People With Inherited Blindness
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- An injectable gene therapy caused measurable improvements in vision among a small group of people with inherited blindness, an...
Parental Deaths to Guns, Drugs Harmed Nearly 100,000 U.S. Kids in 2020
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Nearly 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent in 2020 to gun violence or drug overdose, a three-fold rise since 1999, according to a new...
Money Worries Top Seniors' List of Health-Related Concerns: Poll
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Worries over health-related costs are plaguing the minds of older Americans of all backgrounds, a new poll suggests.Five of the six...
Scientists Developing Vaccine Against Present and Future COVID Viruses
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 -- Scientists are busy working on a vaccine that might fight strains of the COVID virus SARS-CoV-2 that haven't even emerged yet.The...
ERs Often Missing Epilepsy in Kids With 'Non-Motor' Seizures
MONDAY, May 6, 2024 — Two-thirds of kids who suffer a subtle type of epileptic seizure go undiagnosed when they seek emergency room treatment, new research s...
US FDA Approves High-Concentration, Citrate-Free Formulation of Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm) injection
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the...
Neurocrine Biosciences Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Ingrezza Sprinkle (valbenazine) Capsules
SAN DIEGO, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved...
FDA Approves Libervant (diazepam) Buccal Film for the Treatment of Seizure Clusters in Pediatric Patients Ages 2-5 Years
WARREN, N.J., April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQST) (“Aquestive” or the “Company”), a...
FDA Approves Xolremdi (mavorixafor) for Use in Patients with WHIM Syndrome
BOSTON, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR), a company driven to improve the lives of people with rare diseases of the immune...
FDA Grants Full Approval for Tivdak to Treat Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
NEW YORK & COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 29, 2024 -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Genmab A/S (Nasdaq: GMAB) today announced the U.S. Food and...
Abeona Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Pz-cel
CLEVELAND, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel)...
Supernus Provides Regulatory Update for SPN-830
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and...
Stealth Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Zanidatamab Biologics License Application for Previously Treated HER2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
DUBLIN, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has completed the rolling submission of a...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Biologics License Application Accepted in the US for Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
2 April 2024 -- AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the US...
Phase 2 data for Erleada plus androgen deprivation therapy following radical prostatectomy in patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer results published
SAN ANTONIO, May 3, 2024. Johnson & Johnson announced today results from the open-label, single-arm Phase 2 Apa-RP study evaluating adjuvant treatment with...
Amolyt Pharma Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for Eneboparatide for the Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
Lyon, France, and Cambridge, MA, May 2, 2024 — Amolyt Pharma, a global company specialized in developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and...
Gilgamesh Announces Initiation of Phase 2a Trial of GM-1020 in Major Depressive Disorder
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024. Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage neuroscience company committed to developing best-in-class, rapid-acting treatments for...
Scientists Discover How an Essential Nutrient Enters the Brain
May 1, 2024 -- Researchers have discovered that choline, an essential nutrient vital for brain health, is actively transported from the bloodstream into the...
NRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Promising Findings in Phase 2b/3 Clinical Trial of NRX-101 vs. Lurasidone for Treatment of Suicidal Bipolar Depression
RADNOR, Pa., April 30, 2024, NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("NRx Pharmaceuticals", the "Company"), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company today that its...
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