Could nonprescription cholesterol-lowering drugs be in your future?

Consumers used a website to answer questions about their cholesterol, blood pressure, age and gender and get one of three results: “Ok to use” statins, “should not use” statins or “should ask a doctor ... Read More

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Lowering a Form of Brain Cholesterol Reduces ... opening a new avenue of drug research for a disease that currently has no FDA-approved ... Oct. 5, 2023 — Alzheimer’s disease is the most ... Read More

FDA approves new drug that may help stop a rare, fatal condition that doctors call a ‘ticking time bomb’

Instead, Galiatsatos said, the FDA approved ... drugs to the pill forms. “For me, that was so life-changing,” Barry said. She’s enrolled in a master’s degree program in public health ... Read More

FDA Approves TriClip; Fortified Eggs vs Cholesterol; Impella Maker Chided

Opens in a new tab or window Abbott said its TriClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair system snagged FDA approval for treating ... (New York Times) FDA cleared Eko Health's AI algorithm for ... Read More

Many cancer drugs remain unproven years after FDA's accelerated approval, study finds

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval ... the FDA to make these approvals," said Dr. Céline Gounder, a CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health ... Read More

U.S. FDA approves Akebia's anemia drug

The drug will be available under the brand name Vafseo, it added. The FDA had earlier ... Advt Other HIF-PH inhibitor approved by the health regulator include GlaxoSmithKline's daprodustat ... Read More

FDA approves first drug to fight liver inflammation

The FDA has approved the first drug to treat liver inflammation. The new medication will be sold under the brand name Rezdiffra. Liver inflammation happens when the liver becomes inflamed because ... Read More

US FDA approves Vanda's drug for treatment of bipolar disorder

London: The U.S. FDA approved Vanda Pharmaceuticals ... according to the World Health Organization. Sales of Vanda's sleep disorder drug Hetlioz have also been falling due to increased competition ... Read More

US FDA approves Italfarmaco's drug for Duchenne muscle-wasting disorder

The U.S. FDA has approved privately held Italfarmaco Group's drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an inherited muscle-wasting disorder, the health regulator said on Thursday. Read More

FDA approves rapid bedside test to assess soldiers' brain injury

Now, the U.S. Army has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... Edward Bailey said in an Army news release. "TBIs are a major concern for Warfighter health, readiness and ... Read More