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The Food and Drug Administration approved a novel antidepressant late Tuesday for people with depression that does not respond to other treatments — the first in decades to work in a completely new way in the brain.

The drug, a nasal spray called: Esketamine, has been eagerly anticipated by psychiatrists and patient groups as a powerful new tool to fight intractable depression. The spray acts within hours, rather than weeks or months as is typical for current antidepressants, and could offer a lifeline to about 5 million people in the United States with major depressive disorder who haven’t been helped by current treatments. That accounts for about one in three people with depression.

“This is undeniably a major advance,” said Jeffrey Lieberman, a Columbia University psychiatrist. But he cautioned much is still unknown about the drug, particularly regarding its long-term use. “Doctors will have to be very judicious and feel their way along,” he said.

In biggest advance for depression in years, FDA approves novel treatment — The Washington Post The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug for people with major depressive disorder that does not respond to other treatments, a group that includes about 5 million people in the United States. The drug, called esketamine, works in a new way in the brain and has been eagerly anticipated by....

Exciting HIV update!

H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.

The AMHE Florida Chapter cordially invites the public to its 31st Annual Gala on Dec 15th 2018. Entertainment by T-Vice

You may know this gala as The Party Of The Year or the Doctor’s Ball.

Click the link below for all the details & come celebrate the end of the year holiday season with the Haitian Doctors.

AMHE FLORIDA CHAPTER 31st ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA AMHE Florida Chapter presents its 31st Annual Fundraising Gala with special guest speaker Dean of Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Henri R. Ford and guest performers T-VICE.

Thank you for attending our 30th Annual AMHE Florida Fundraising gala. We look forward to seeing you every year and throughout the upcoming year for social events & symposiums.

Share with us photos from your best moments during the recent or past galas! We appreciate you and wish you and yours a happy new year. Stay tuned for photos from our official photographers.

Stephane Achille- Social media director AMHE Florida

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