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All articles tagged: Other symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake (R63.8)

HealthDay 25 June at 03.02 PM

Home-Administered Treatment Shows Promise for Binge Eating

At-home, self-administered transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and attention bias modification training (ABMT) is feasible, acceptable, and shows promising efficacy for treatment of binge eating, according to a study published online June 6 in BJPsych Open.Michaela Flynn, Ph.D., from King's College London, and colleague

HealthDay 14 June at 08.51 PM

FDA Approves Generic Emflaza Oral Suspension for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of Emflaza (deflazacort) oral suspension for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Deflazacort oral suspension is a corticosteroid indicated to treat DMD in patients 5 years of age and older but is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to deflazacort. The

HealthDay 31 January at 10.49 PM

Vegan Diet During Pregnancy Tied to Lower Birth Weight

Women adhering to vegan diets during pregnancy have offspring with lower mean birth weight than omnivorous mothers, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.Signe Hedegaard, M.D., from the Juliane Marie Centre at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and colleagues ex

HealthDay 17 January at 05.10 PM

FDA Approves Casgevy to Treat Beta-Thalassemia

After approving Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) in December to treat sickle cell disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that the therapy has now been approved to treat patients older than 12 years with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia.Casgevy is the first CRIS