April 14, 2021
(STAT News) – For the community of people affected by Huntington’s disease — a group that is no stranger to disappointment — the back-to-back announcements last month still hit like a double whammy. First, Roche announced it was cutting off … Read More
April 12, 2021
(Vox) – The US is nearing a tipping point of sorts on marijuana legalization: Almost half the country — about 43 percent of the population — now lives in a state where marijuana is legal to consume just for fun. … Read More
April 12, 2021
(STAT News) – But SCT is not an officially recognized diagnosis. It’s currently what’s called a clinical construct — a term used in psychology to define a group of behaviors. Since its emergence nearly four decades ago, the study of … Read More
April 9, 2021
(Kaiser Health News) – Experts don’t yet know what causes long covid or why some people have persistent symptoms while others recover in weeks or even days. They also don’t know just how long the condition — referred to formally … Read More
April 8, 2021
(Vox) – While there’s no doubt long Covid is a real condition worthy of diagnosis and treatment, “this isn’t unique to Covid,” Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at the Yale School of Medicine, said. Covid-19 appears to be one of many … Read More
April 8, 2021
(Medscape) – COVID-19 survivors face a sharply elevated risk of developing psychiatric or neurologic disorders in the six months after they contract the virus — a danger that mounts with symptom severity, new research shows. In what is purported to … Read More
April 7, 2021
(STAT News) – Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients also had experienced a psychiatric or neurological illness, mostly mood disorders but also strokes or dementia, a large new study shows. About 1 in 8 of … Read More
April 6, 2021
(Wall Street Journal) – The newest patients in cognitive rehabilitation programs didn’t suffer concussions, traumatic brain injuries or strokes. They got Covid-19. Cognitive problems are some of the most persistent and common long-term symptoms that people struggle with months after … Read More
April 5, 2021
(Associated Press) – U.S. regulators have approved the first new drug in over a decade for children with ADHD, which causes inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The Food and Drug Administration late Friday OK’d Qelbree (KELL’-bree) for treating attention deficit hyperactivity … Read More
April 5, 2021
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 22, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Diagnostic Utility of Transcriptome Sequencing for Rare Mendelian Diseases” by Hane Lee, Alden Y. Huang and Stanley F. Nelson “Low-Pass Genome Sequencing Versus Chromosomal … Read More
