In the Neurology Department at Allegheny General Hospital’s Hemlock Building, Abigail Bailey’s body folded forward in her chair. Her muscles tightened as if someone had forced the air from her lungs.

Biologics, including GLP-1 analogs and PCSK9 inhibitors, are advancing treatment options for metabolic syndrome components like type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. GLP-1 receptor agonists improve ...

According to reporting from Reuters, reviewers at the agency pointed to an inability to differentiate from placebo to justify rejecting the drug, but an FDA office director approved the drug anyway.

5 years ago, Sigourney Weaver first spoke about a 50-page treatment that Alien producer Walter Hill sent to her following the collapse of Neil Blomkamp’s Alien 5. Not long after, Brandywine and Hill ...

Nephrotic syndrome is a clinical entity defined by heavy proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, and edema, stemming from various glomerular diseases. Diagnosis requires a comprehensive ...

Walker Burger always loved baseball, but attending the games of his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, used to be a physical challenge. In fact, every form of exercise was difficult. Burger, 35, has a ...

Brilliant Minds is back on NBC, and it is off to a crackling start. The audience is introduced to a new patient, Tommy Grudko (played by Duke Davis Roberts), a boxer who finds himself in the hospital ...

A decade-long journey has come to an end for Stealth BioTherapeutics and the Barth syndrome community with the first-ever treatment for this uncommon mitochondrial disease. CEO Reenie McCarthy called ...

After a tumultuous journey filled with delays and rejection, the FDA has approved Stealth BioTherapeutics’ treatment for the ultrarare disease Barth syndrome, marking the peptide as the first therapy ...

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

Depression treatments: What are my options? Whether you’re here for yourself or for a loved one, congratulations. Congratulations are in order because one of the hardest parts of tackling depression ...