A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expert panel will meet Tuesday to consider whether to recommend approval of an investigational midomafetamine (MDMA) capsule in combination with psychological intervention for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But as the drug manufacturer, Lykos Therapeutics, inches closer to a final decision on its new drug application
Access to thrombectomy for stroke patients living in rural areas can be improved by introducing specific imaging software and a training package to remote hospitals and improving connections to the regional comprehensive stroke center, a new study showed. “Our findings suggest that this intervention has the potential to be a valuable tool for healthcare systems
LISBON, Portugal — A novel oral drug offers clinically meaningful improvements in exercise capacity in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and reduces the burden of limiting symptoms, new data from the SEQUOIA-HCM trial reveal. Aficamten is an investigational next-generation selective cardiac myosin inhibitor that reduces left ventricular contractility…
A US teenager died of cardiac arrest after taking part in a social media challenge daring people to eat a single extremely hot tortilla chip, an autopsy revealed Thursday…
TOPLINE: Individuals with overweight and obesity who reach a weight loss plateau at around 6 months on a healthy weight loss diet may not achieve further weight reduction after switching to a different weight loss diet. METHODOLOGY: Dietary and lifestyle interventions initially result in rapid weight loss…
Este delgado dispositivo, que funciona con baterías, se llama BioButton y registra los signos vitales de los pacientes, incluidas la temperatura, y las frecuencias cardíaca y respiratoria…
Fat-enlarged axillary nodes on screening mammograms can predict the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, held May 5–9 in Boston. Jessica Rubino, M.D., from the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and colleagues used electronic medical record data from
MedPage Today) — NEW ORLEANS — A “culturally sensitive” exercise intervention led to weight loss and other benefits in African-American women with obesity at risk for diabetes, researchers reported. The program tested in the ongoing, single…
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Targeted video games could help reduce symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in children and adolescents, results of a new review and meta-analysis suggested. Although the video game–based or “gamified” digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) were associated with modest improvements in ADHD symptoms and depression…