Tag: the-first
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FDA approves Biogen drug for lead genetic cause of infant death
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has approved Biogen Inc’s drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of death in infants. It is the first FDA-approved medicine for spinal muscular atrophy, a devastating disease that affects about one in 10,000 live births. The drug, nusinersen, which was discovered…
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Keep It Simple: Push-Ups
For the first installment of the Keep it Simple campaign, let's focus on push-ups. Push-ups are an amazing exercise that we all should be doing. The movement is purely functional. We all push against things on a daily basis. We push off the floor, out of bed or to get up from our desk. It…