An FDA risk review has cleared the way for canine freeze-dried plasma, a shelf-stable product that could expand transfusion options in emergencies. A freeze-dried plasma product for canine patients is ...

Dry skin, or xeroderma and xerosis, occurs in 40% to 60% of all adults, especially in winter. It occurs in 70% to 99% of adults aged 60 years of age or older and increases with age.

Lykke Vestergaard Kastbjerg, 42, and her father Niels, 73, are among hundreds travelling to the UK for treatment.

This year’s Rare Disease Day event Feb. 27 at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences focused on updates in research and diagnostics, and advancements in treatment.