Amy Jacob

Tecfidera and Tysabri can provide MS patients with positive outcomes.

Patients with tardive dyskinesia were previously only looked at, not treated.

The treatment of tardive dyskinesia can improve the impact of the condition on these very complicated patients.

Kids with lower limb spasticity should be given Dysport.

Researchers previously only considered ALS as one illness, but new knowledge has changed that mentality and has shown experts they need to personalize treatment approaches. “It’s important to understand the disease in different groups of people.”

Preliminary results hint at a new type of progressive MS treatment.

More good news on treatment for hepatitis C patients.

Antimuscarinics trigger many side effects in patients with overactive bladders.

Ranibizumab can now treat patients with all forms of diabetic retinopathy.

Could insulin could be dosed off of values from a continuous glucose monitor? Anne Peters, MD, and team sought to find out.

This FDA approval could relieve patients of several neurological side effects.

Two existing hepatitis C drugs can now be used to treat children ages 12-17.

These tests could give clues to one's genetic predisposition to some diseases.

Bradley Miller, MD, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center hopes the team learns “good information” about how kids are growing on this dose of somavaratan that will then be confirmed in the phase 3 head-to-head with growth hormone daily.

Changes in adolescent brain structure are potentially associated with the onset of mental health disorders.

Although there are several unanswered questions in the field of menopause, but Cynthia Stuenkel, MD, University of California San Diego explained that many experts are beginning to understand the idea of hot flashes and how early and late they can occur in women.

The DIaMonD and GOLD Studies, which used continued glucose monitoring (CGM) in patients with type 1 diabetes who were in less than optimal control showed that the addition of CGM to these patients’ self-monitoring of blood glucose contributed to lower A1C, more time spent in range, less hypoglycemia, less severe hyperglycemia, and better quality of life.

Does early-life environmental exposure to BPA (Bisphenol A) affect gene expression linked to fatty liver? That's the question Lindsey S. Trevino, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine and team sought to answer in their study using rat models.

Shanlee Davis, MD, University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and team were interested in the effects of this pre-pubertal androgen treatment on the testicular function, or puberty.

The type 1 diabetes patients who were continuously administered testosterone treatment showed improvements in glycemic control as well as massive improvements in their weight loss, since testosterone increases lean body mass.

Farid Saad, DVM, PhD, Bayer Pharma AG learned that the men with type 1 diabetes did experience benefits of long-term testosterone therapy – they showed improvements in their underlying diseases.

Qudexy XR Extended-Release Capsules for migraine headache gets FDA approval.

The FDA approved new drug for two forms of multiple sclerosis.

Pharma submits sNDA for IBS-C drug plecanatide.

The Senate has postponed its vote on Neil Gorsuch.

Rheumatoid arthritis drug gets approved by European Commission.

FDA gives priority review designation for exertional heat stroke drug.

Severe skin disease medication gets FDA breakthrough therapy designation status.

European officials approved new biosimilar for select inflammatory diseases.

Rare skin cancer drug gets FDA accelerated approval.