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Swedish experience sparks vaccine fears

As the world eagerly awaits the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine being rolled out, some in Sweden are watching with trepidation. For Meissa Chebbi, 21, who like hundreds of other young Swedes suffered debilitating narcolepsy after a mass vaccination campaign against the 2009-2010 swine flu pandemic, the vaccine is not something she will be… Read More »

Allopregnanolone Sparks Interest in New PMDD Treatment

Allopregnanolone is all over the place these days.  We have seen several different allopregnanolone derivatives being used to treat postpartum depression (PPD).  Last year, intravenous brexanolone (Zulresso) was approved by the FDA as the first treatment specifically for postpartum depression.  An oral version of allopregnanolone, called zuranolone, is also being pursued as a treatment for… Read More »

‘What price life?’ At a cost of hundreds of thousands a dose, novel cancer-killing drug sparks debate

It’s not a cancer wonder cure. It doesn’t help every child. However, Dr. Jim Whitlock says a radical new therapy that appears to kill the most common childhood cancer is one of the most remarkable advances he has seen in his 35-plus years of practice. “We can now save children we couldn’t save before,” said… Read More »