Myasthenia gravis (MG) can occur in very elderly patients, a recent case report highlights. As such, there is a need for early diagnosis in this population, which can allow for better clinical outcomes. A case report with that finding, “Very late onset of myasthenia gravis: case report…
Treatment with Rituxan (rituximab) benefits patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) with either anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) or muscle-specific tyrosine kinases (MuSKs) antibodies, a study has found. Patients with MuSKs antibodies, however, may experience greater improvement, including less time to achieve remission, fewer exacerbations, and need for hospitalizations following treatment. The…
I had chemotherapy about 10 days ago and returned to work later that day to ensure that I was on top of things before a weekend of recovery. My body really doesn’t handle chemo well, and I spent the entire weekend curled up in bed or in front of…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a vast government bureaucracy, employs about 17,500 people and had a budget of $5.7 billion in 2019. Yet even with its enormous resources, the FDA these days relies more and more on patients to…
Receiving fewer plasma exchange, or plasmapheresis treatments and having poorer kidney function with lower filtration rates are risk factors for myasthenia relapses, a study suggests. Over a follow-up of 50 months, patients without relapses were found to have higher glomerular filtration…
The gleaming new Dutch headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), fronting Domenico Scarlattilaan in Amsterdam’s suburban Zuidas business district, finally opened for business last month — just over two years after the European Union decided to relocate the EMA to the Netherlands in the wake of Brexit.
The type of antibodies found in children with myasthenia gravis (MG) was the primary predictor of disease remission, or not requiring medication for one full year, a study showed. Additional factors influencing remission were being younger than 10 years old at…
Last week, I visited my doctor because I could feel my health slip-sliding down a waterslide and didn’t want to end up back in the intensive care unit. When I walked through the clinic’s double doors and pumped hand sanitizer onto my hands, I felt like I was immediately transported…
People with myasthenia gravis (MG) are at higher risk of developing serious infections than those without the condition, a recent study has found. Although more research into the causes is needed, this finding may have implications for prevention strategies such as vaccinations and preventive antibiotic use, the researchers said.
A 35 year-old man with myasthenia gravis (MG) who developed a rare lymphoma — called mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) — in the thymus gland containing “extensive” amyloid deposits is described, for potentially a first time, in a case report. The report, “Amyloid deposition in thymic extranodal marginal…
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