A Brazilian company known as Dr. Consulta is taking healthcare to a place only previously known by fast food chains. The company, founded in 2011, breaks the mold as a…
According to a press release by the World Health Organization (WHO), the latest statistics from The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) provide a new picture of the global…
According to a report by MedCityNews, gene therapies have been catching increasing interest. They’ve been popular in the news and hot talk among medical professionals, but it seems like the…
According to a recent press release, patients living with ankylosing spondylitis may soon have another treatment option. The researchers studying the new treatment, known as ixekizumab, recently posted results from…
What can you do with half an hour? That’s the question that a new Canadian program asks. An online program called #30MinutesThatMatter gives Canadian patients an opportunity to share how…
If drugs were measured by the quantity of approvals, orphan drugs would make quite a splash. Measured in more financial terms, however, they make up a much smaller portion of…
According to recent research, a bacteria that causes some forms of stomach cancer may also be responsible for increased risk of colon cancer. The research points to this being especially…
Gene editing has come a long way as a treatment option in the last several years. Rapid advances in technology continue to find more and more novel therapies. According to…
Zealand Pharma A/S (Zealand) recently announced in a press release the start phase 3 trial for short bowel syndrome treatment. The trial investigates the use of glepaglutide as a treatment…
According to a report by BioSpace, the United Kingdom’s National Institute’s of Health (NIH) recently diagnosed 31 conditions that were not previously recognized. The results date back to an initiative…
When it comes to rare diseases often one of the biggest hurdles is finding the right diagnosis. Tailoring treatment, and adjusting lifestyles can be difficult, but both are impossible if…
Getting access to medication can be a difficult and demanding process for patients. There are often a number of hoops to jump through, papers to sign, tests to go through…
According to a report by the Canberra Times, a new clinical trial will present free genetic testing to ten thousand people. Each of these people is a potential parent. The…
According to a report by biopharmadive.com, Pfizer announced they will be dropping support for an experimental Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment. The company intends to see if the treatment may be…
According to a report by CTV News, a number of clinics across Canada are offering an unproven treatment. These treatments focus on expensive and unverified stem cell therapies. The treatments…
According to a report by medicalexpress, recent research from a DNA sequencing study revealed new information about Tourette syndrome. Led by researchers at UC San Francisco, this study represents the…
Lindsey Sutton showed signs of familial chylomicronemia syndrome as early as five weeks old. Sutton is now 28 years old. Because of her condition, she must adhere to a very…
A Texas company, which opened in 2015, promised a new treatment for a number of conditions. Simply coming in and subscribing to a routine of IV treatments could treat cancer,…
Many people express skepticism about the pharmaceutical industry. If not skepticism, than concern, if not wholesale distrust. For every few negative stories, however, there is at least one positive example.…
At 14 years old, Bede Marciari has experienced and missed out on a great number of things. For many people, this is just part of growing up. In Bede’s case,…
According to a report by medicalexpress.com, researchers recently discovered a new genetic condition. Though researchers previously described the condition in animals, no human evidence had yet been found. Michigan State…
According to medicalexpress.com, the United States government recently approved the import of marijuana extracts from Canada. Though an uncommon occurrence, the US government approved the import for a clinical trial…
Human beings have long been fascinated with art. What stories does it tell, and what can we learn about ourselves from the things we create? Now, some doctors are investigating…
According to a report by the Stamford Advocate, The Salem Health Cancer Institute recently launched a genetic program to help improve cancer treatment. Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics report that…
Isaiah Austin is a name many sports fans may be unfamiliar with. In 2014 that may have been a different story. Austin played basketball at Baylor. Standing 7’1”, with surprising…
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