FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Genglycos (pariglasgene brecaparvovec-opnr) Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia →
Drugs & FDA — Drugs.com FDA Approvals · drugs.com · Aug 19
NOVATO, Calif., August 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for…
Multilingual people may have brains up to 13 years younger →
Drugs & FDA — ScienceDaily Neuroscience · sciencedaily.com · Aug 22
People who speak several languages may have brains that age more slowly, with four-language speakers showing brains that appeared about 13 years younger than those of monolinguals. Starting…
FDA Approves Tauklarify (florquinitau F 18 injection), an F18-Labeled Tau PET Imaging Agent for Alzheimer’s Disease →
Drugs & FDA — Drugs.com FDA Approvals · drugs.com · Aug 14
BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (“Lantheus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LNTH), the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company committed to enabling…
Schizophrenia’s lost brain connections follow a surprising pattern →
Drugs & FDA — ScienceDaily Neuroscience · sciencedaily.com · Aug 20
Specialized brain scans reveal that schizophrenia is linked to widespread loss of the synapses that connect brain cells, with the left side of the brain hit especially hard. The damage follows a…
FDA Accepts Ecopipam NDA for Tourette Syndrome, Remlifanserin Receives Fast Track Designation for AD Psychosis, Alterity Reaches FDA Alignment on ATH434 →
Drugs & FDA — NeurologyLive · neurologylive.com · Aug 22
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FDA Approves First Drug to Treat the Full Range of Narcolepsy Type 1 Symptoms →
Drugs & FDA — FDA · fda.gov · Aug 5
The FDA approved Orzeyful (oveporexton) tablets for the treatment of narcolepsy type 1 in adults.
Ozempic does something unexpected to the brain’s hunger neurons →
Drugs & FDA — ScienceDaily Neuroscience · sciencedaily.com · Aug 20
Ozempic may work in the brain in almost the opposite way scientists expected, activating hunger-linked neurons that appear essential for sustaining fat loss. The surprising discovery in mice could…
No Note About Patient Refusal of Test Before Missed Cancer →
Medico-legal — Harvard CRICO · rmf.harvard.edu · Jun 4
A delay in following a patient’s right kidney mass was complicated by the patient’s refusal of a CT scan and the providers’ incomplete and conflicting documentation of patient education and…
21 health systems warn of MyChart ‘Medicare Kit’ scam →
Healthcare System — Becker's Hospital Review · beckershospitalreview.com · Aug 21
A phishing scam impersonating MyChart is targeting patients at health systems across the country, with fraudulent emails and texts dangling a “MyChart Medicare Kit” or “Senior Health Package” to…
5 Questions and Answers About Medicaid and Provider Taxes →
Healthcare System — KFF · kff.org · Aug 20
This issue brief uses data from KFF’s 2025-2026 survey of Medicaid directors and from a proposed rule on provider taxes to describe states’ current provider taxes, explore how rules governing…
The Prestige Paradox in Academic Medicine →
Interesting Reads — Doximity Op-Med · opmed.doximity.com · Aug 20