A severe overbite can prevent effective grazing and if left unchecked can cause severe damage. Dentistry across all mammalian species has progressed by leaps and bounds over the past 30 years for a multitude of reasons. Today, though, I’m going to concentrate on equine dentistry. Because the teeth in a horse’s mouth continually erupt the… Read More »
FDA Approves Dayvigo (lemborexant) for the Treatment of Insomnia in Adult Patients Print this page December 23, 2019 — Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new drug application for its in-house discovered and developed orexin receptor antagonist Dayvigo (lemborexant). Dayvigo… Read More »
FDA Approves Zulresso (brexanolone) for the Treatment of Postpartum Depression Print this page March 19, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zulresso (brexanolone) injection for intravenous (IV) use for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD) in adult women. This is the first drug approved by the FDA specifically for PPD. “Postpartum depression… Read More »
A UK patient’s HIV has become “undetectable” following a stem cell transplant – in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, has now been in remission from HIV for 18 months and is no longer taking HIV drugs. The researchers say it… Read More »
Cancer is at epidemic proportions around the around the world. In the U.S., 1,660 people are expected to die from cancer every day in 2019;1 in China, 4 people die of cancer every minute, or about 5,760 every day.2 Even though China has a larger population, their rate is still higher than the U.S. In… Read More »
A new treatment that can halt and even reverse Parkinson’s disease is giving sufferers fresh hope. Researchers found boosting levels of a naturally occurring protein can regenerate dying brain cells – if delivered directly into the brain via tubes. The £3million study, funded by Parkinson’s UK and pharma firm MedGenesis, had a five-year trial at… Read More »
(Reuters Health) – When a teen is diagnosed with depression, it’s normal for parents to feel overwhelmed and to search for information about which treatment options are best, doctors write in a new patient resource published in JAMA Pediatrics. Although depression affects about 20 percent of adolescents, many don’t seek help and hesitate to talk… Read More »