Biologics, including GLP-1 analogs and PCSK9 inhibitors, are advancing treatment options for metabolic syndrome components like type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. GLP-1 receptor agonists improve ...

According to reporting from Reuters, reviewers at the agency pointed to an inability to differentiate from placebo to justify rejecting the drug, but an FDA office director approved the drug anyway.

There’s never a dull moment during the first year of parenthood. One minute you’re celebrating a joyous milestone; the next, you’re in the doctor’s office learning about flat head syndrome. Although ...

5 years ago, Sigourney Weaver first spoke about a 50-page treatment that Alien producer Walter Hill sent to her following the collapse of Neil Blomkamp’s Alien 5. Not long after, Brandywine and Hill ...

Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical entity defined by heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, and edema, stemming from various glomerular diseases. Diagnosis requires a comprehensive ...

Walker Burger always loved baseball, but attending the games of his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, used to be a physical challenge. In fact, every form of exercise was difficult. Burger, 35, has a ...

It’s among the most common cancers affecting older men. But a diagnosis today isn’t always what it seems. By David Dodge An estimated one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their ...

Brilliant Minds is back on NBC, and it is off to a crackling start. The audience is introduced to a new patient, Tommy Grudko (played by Duke Davis Roberts), a boxer who finds himself in the hospital ...

The FDA has granted accelerated approval for the elamipretide injection, the first treatment for Barth syndrome in patients weighing at least 30 kg. Barth syndrome is a life threatening disease of the ...

A decade-long journey has come to an end for Stealth BioTherapeutics and the Barth syndrome community with the first-ever treatment for this uncommon mitochondrial disease. CEO Reenie McCarthy called ...