‘Don’t ever say you can’t do anything’: 18-year-old on his first time out in public since spinal cord injury
Brandon Simmons was nervous about his first time going out in public since a car accident left him with a C3 spinal cord ...
New guidelines address pain treatment infections
The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures ...
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Biogen Trims Research Workforce, Higher-Dose SMA Drug Accepted for Regulatory Review
In a good-news-bad-news week for Biogen, the company will cut an undisclosed number of employees, just as a higher dose of ...
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Brain changes in Huntington's disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen approximately twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington's ...
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Painex Pain Management Clinic: Transforming Spine and Back Pain Care with Non-Surgical Solutions
Living with chronic spine and back pain can be tough, making everyday tasks difficult. Painex Pain Management Clinic, a ...
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Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials
The disease is caused by repetitive expansions of three DNA blocks (C, A and G ... alongside brain scans and blood and spinal fluid sampling. Importantly, the group with Huntington’s disease ...
F.D.A. Approves Drug to Treat Pain Without Opioid Effects
The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive. The Food and Drug ...
FDA Approves the First Non-Opioid Pain Drug in 20 Years
The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and ...
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller, Journaxv, or suzetrigine, drugmaker Vertex ...
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Police: Harrisburg man beat neighbor's dog so severely it had to be euthanized
A Harrisburg man beat a dog so severely that the animal had to be euthanized, according to police. Erskine Clemons, 58, is ...
Harrisburg man accused of beating neighbor’s dog, breaking her spine
The pit bull named Roxy had to be euthanized after the beating in December, which came after she attacked the neighbor's dog, ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...