According to a recent announcement by AstraZeneca, the U.S. FDA granted its approval for Koselugo (selumetinib). This is the first drug to be approved for the treatment of children…
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, more and more people are wondering how this virus might affect them. This is especially true for patients with rare diseases,…
Continued From Part One written by Payel Bhattacharya Pharmaceutical science has medications to control the pain. I was initially put on medicine but it mostly didn’t contain the pain. I…
Cancer and autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, might not seem to have much in common, but some researchers now are pinning hopes on the same immune…
Patient Worthy is working with a partner agency who is looking to engage with patients living with Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) who have reoccurring symptoms, more than 2 times a month.…
According to a release from the UVA Health System Newsroom, Dr. Zhen Yan, PhD, discovered that exercise can reduce or totally stop severe respiratory symptoms associated with acute respiratory…
Certain features of metabolic syndrome may be more prevalent in people with Parkinson’s disease-associated mutations in the gene LRRK2, new research suggests. The research abstract “Metabolic syndrome and genetic Parkinson’s disease, the case…
By Natalie Homan from In the Cloud Copy What Is Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative Colitis is a condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed and develop ulcers. It is a painful…
According to Medical XPress, hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease are more at risk of developing bacteremia, particularly if they are older in age. Researchers came to this conclusion using…
According to the American Journal of Managed Care, a case study in China has shown that tocilizumab was effective in treating a patient with both COVID-19 and multiple myeloma. When…
When this 20-year-old male patient was serving in the military, he came down with two severe medical issues: pneumonia and adrenal crisis, categorized by an issue with an adrenal hormone…
The world has now hit over 3.5 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19, with 1.2 million cases in the United States alone. Although the pandemic started in December or January, the…
De acuerdo a una historia de PR Newswire, La Organización Nacional de Trastornos Raros (NORD, por sus siglas en inglés) acaba de lanzar un programa de ayuda crítica COVID-19. En…
Saying that COVID-19 has impacted the world might just be an understatement. In fact, COVID-19 changed the way we interact with each other, businesses, and the world around us. But how…
By Danielle Bradshaw from In the Cloud Copy The Swiss-born pharmaceutical company, Novartis, has been given permission by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin distributing their oral…
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one out of fifty-nine eight-year-olds in the U.S. A recent article in Medical News Today outlines a study conducted by neuroscientists from the Korea Brain…
By Payel Bhattacharya, living with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome I, Miss Payel Bhattacharya, was an unusual child. I was never concerned with petty things, the trivia, the dregs in life. My…
Recently, Pfizer's Dr. Ian Winburn sat down with Europabio for an interview in honor of World Hemophilia Day, which just occurred on April 17. In his discussion, Dr. Winburn…
By Jodee Redmond from In the Cloud Copy Glioblastomas are tumors that are particularly difficult to treat. They start forming in the glial cells of the brain and spinal cord…
Phase III of the CheckMate -9ER trial has reached its primary endpoint of progression free survival in those with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma. This study was evaluating CABOMETYX…
by Danielle Bradshaw from In The Cloud Copy Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition in which a person has swelling beneath their skin (which can occur in any part…
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for advanced neuroendocrine tumors that affect pancreas, GI tract by Mike Bassett, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today April 30, 2020 MedpageToday email article The most significant recent…
According to a press release on Global Newswire, the biopharmaceutical company MediciNova has received a Notice of Allowance for a patent application for MN-166, which could be used to treat…
According to an article published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, a workshop held on June 23, 2019 in Orlando, FL focused on a difficult subject: improving detection and diagnosis for…
According to Angioedema News, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is now reviewing berotralstat as a potential therapy to combat severe inflammation attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema. Hereditary Angioedema Hereditary…
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