FDA grants priority review to Roche ’s risdiplam for spinal muscular atrophy
Roche today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) and granted Priority Review for risdiplam, an investigational survival motor neuron-2 (SMN-2) splicing modifier for SMA. (Source: Roche Media News)
Source: Roche Media News - November 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
FDA grants priority review to Roche ’s risdiplam for spinal muscular atrophy
Roche today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the New Drug Application (NDA) and granted Priority Review for risdiplam, an investigational survival motor neuron-2 (SMN-2) splicing modifier for SMA. (Source: Roche Investor Update)
Source: Roche Investor Update - November 25, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AI project to preserve people's voices in effort to tackle speech loss
Clinic hopes to help those at risk of losing ability to speak maintain sense of identityA pioneering centre aimed at preserving and re-creating people ’s voices using artificial intelligence has opened in the US, with researchers hoping it will change the lives of people who face losing their ability to speak.Researchers say the venture – a joint effort between Northeastern University in Boston and the company VocaliD – could play an important role in maintaining a sense of identity among those with conditions ranging from throat cancer to motor neurone disease, by offering them the chance to sound like themselves ev...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) Computing Consciousness Human biology Neuroscience Psychology Technology World news Source Type: news
Ex-Liverpool player Stephen Darby on fight with 'brutal disease'
Stephen Darby, who is married to England women's captain Steph Houghton, has motor neurone disease. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RightCare Progressive Neurological Conditions Toolkit
This toolkit will support systems to understand the priorities in care for people living with various progressive neurological conditions including multiple sclerosis (MS), motor neurone disease (MND), Parkinson ' s and the atypical Parkinsonism ' s of multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and coticobasal degeneration (CBD). It provides the opportunity to assess and benchmark current systems to find opportunities for improvement. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is This a Fasciculation?
Discussion
Benign fasciculations are very common and occur in up to 70% of the general population. They occur at different points in people’s lives. They can be brought out by stress, poor sleep hygiene and caffeine.
Caffeine has numerous uses especially for regulating sleep and attention. However too much can cause restlessness, jitteriness and sleep deprivation too. The recommended amount of caffeine for a teenager is < 2.5 mg/kg or 100-175 mg/day. A Red Bull® beverage has 80 mg of caffeine /12 ounces, while Mountain Dew® has 55 mg caffeine/12 ounces. A review of caffeine can be found here.
Adolescents, if l...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 16, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
MRC backs MSD and Francis Crick Institute collaboration to tackle motor neurone disease
Scientists at global biopharmaceutical company MSD and the Francis Crick Institute have started a unique new collaboration to understand the causes of motor neurone disease and identify potential targets for future treatments, co-funded by the Medical Research Council and MSD. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - August 29, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news
MSD backs MSD and Francis Crick Institute collaboration to tackle motor neurone disease
Scientists at global biopharmaceutical company MSD and the Francis Crick Institute have started a unique new collaboration to understand the causes of motor neurone disease and identify potential targets for future treatments, co-funded by the Medical Research Council and MSD. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - August 27, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: news
Search for motor neurone disease cure gathers pace
Crick Institute links up with drug company Merck to tackle degenerative brain disorder (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - August 20, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CCGs offered help tackling neurological conditions
Better care for Parkinson ’s, MS and motor neurone disease Related items fromOnMedica 'Revived' dead pig brains offer new research hopes NICE issues guidelines on neurological conditions GPs have duty to protect abused vulnerable adults NICE sets care standards for spasticity GPs must greatly improve deaf awareness (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 15, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The son giving the gift of his voice to his father
Bob Alderman, 70, lost his voice to motor neurone disease - until his son stepped in to help. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do we have a right to know if we could have the Huntington ’s disease gene?
Not telling your child that this hereditary condition is in the family can be devastating later onOn a lazy Sunday morning in May last year, Isobel Lloyd was at her boyfriend ’s house, having coffee with his mum. The conversation had worked around to Lloyd’s grandma – her mother’s mother – who’d died in her 50s, when Lloyd was very young. Lloyd’s only memories of her had been hospice visits where her grandma lay bedbound, unable to talk or swallow, with no control over how her body moved. Lloyd had forgotten the name of her grandma’s disease, hadn’t thought about it in years. Like most 20-year-olds, she w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Anna Moore Tags: Huntington's disease Family Health Life and style Psychology Science & wellbeing Society Source Type: news
Charlotte Hawkins: We won't stand back as our dying loved ones are treated ‘shamefully’
MOTOR NEURONE disease gradually stops messages from the motor neurones reaching the muscles. Up to 5,000 adults in the UK will have it at any one time. For about half of patients life expectancy is three years from first symptoms. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Super-fit Simon was struck by a fatal brain disease at just 52
Simon Brennan, from North London, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, last year. This is his incredible story. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
