First treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome brings hope to individuals with PWS and their families around the world.Business Announcement International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO) FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved VYKAT™ XR, a significant milestone as the first approved treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). This breakthrough follows...
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Telemedicine needed to diagnose and treat dysphagia in COVID-19 patients, doctors say
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE CREDIT: GRAPHIC CREATED BY M.E. NEWMAN, JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE, WITH PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES. COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, have caused health care providers to change how they treat patients. Clinicians are now frequently using telemedicine to see their patients for routine checkups, saving office visits for emergencies. The same...
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Certain dietary supplements tied to dysphagia, choking in seniors
(HealthDay)—Most reports of swallowing problems caused by dietary supplements involve seniors taking multivitamins or calcium supplements, according to a research letter published online Aug. 20 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Cecile Punzalan, M.D., from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in College Park, Maryland, and colleagues used data from the FDA Center for Food...