The Chinese National Medical Products Administration has approved Rarestone Group’s pitolisant (Wakix) for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness or cataplexy in adult patients with narcolepsy. In China, pitolisant is the first approved innovative drug for narcolepsy and the only non-scheduled drug with narcolepsy indication. Pitolisant is a selective histamine 3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, which…
The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves. In observance of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Therapy for Black…
Updated diagnostic criteria for Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) has been published in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders Third Edition (ICSD-3), a resource for diagnosing sleep disorders distributed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The updated information about KLS in the ICSD-3 is based in large part on medical research funded by the KLS…
She allured men to many places,She who is fatally coy.Men, who knew not her embraces,Called her by the name of Joy. I can’t recall the first moment I experienced the tease, the turmoil, the torment of Joy. When most speak of joy — when for many years I mentioned her — they mean a smiling…