Medical management of microscopic colitis: American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline supriya kashyap kashyap29 July 2016 9:11 AM ISTMicroscopic colitis is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea caused by inflammation in the colon and diagnosed by colonic biopsy. With a...
Management of acute diverticulitis : American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline supriya kashyap kashyap28 July 2016 3:10 PM IST Acute diverticulitis, defined as clinically evident macroscopic inflammation of a diverticulum or diverticula, occurs in approximately 4% of patients...
Hepatitis B, C pose huge health challenge in India: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap28 July 2016 1:21 PM ISTNew Delhi : Despite the cost of drugs coming down and dramatic advances in the treatment of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, getting rid of both types of...
Low physical capacity second only to smoking as highest death risk : Study supriya kashyap kashyap28 July 2016 1:12 PM ISTSophia Antipolis : A 45 year study in middle-aged men has shown that the impact of low physical capacity on risk of death is second only to smoking....
India lags behind in hepatitis research, says ISCR supriya kashyap kashyap28 July 2016 1:02 PM ISTHyderabad : India is lagging behind in viral hepatitis research despite the high burden of the disease, said the Indian Society for Clinical Research...
Elite athletes are more resilient to mental fatigue supriya kashyap kashyap28 July 2016 1:02 PM ISTLondon : Elite endurance athletes have superior ability to resist mental fatigue, revealed a new study.For the study, the researchers compared the...
Management of carpal tunnel syndrome : American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap27 July 2016 3:22 PM ISTCarpal Tunnel Syndrome is a symptomatic compression neuropathy of the median nerve at the level of the wrist, characterized physiologically by...
Kerala : Hospital helps woman deliver baby free of Tay-Sachs disease supriya kashyap kashyap27 July 2016 2:49 PM ISTKerala: A couple, Gireesh and Sajini, both carriers of Tay-Sachs disease a rare genetic disorder are happy after a hospital helped the mother to...
Flu vaccine reduces risk of hospital stay for stroke, heart failure for diabetes patients supriya kashyap kashyap27 July 2016 10:45 AM ISTPeople with type 2 diabetes who receive the influenza vaccine may be less likely to be admitted to hospital for myocardial infarction, stroke and...
Cord blood outperforms matched unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant supriya kashyap kashyap27 July 2016 9:46 AM ISTA University of Colorado Cancer Center study compared outcomes of leukemia patients receiving bone marrow transplants from 2009-2014, finding that...
Over six lakh people die due to cancer in India: Government supriya kashyap kashyap27 July 2016 9:45 AM ISTWith over six lakh people succumbing to cancer and more than ten lakh new cases are reported in the country, the government said air pollution and...
First diagnosed case of Alzheimer's disease in HIV-positive individual presented at AAIC supriya kashyap kashyap26 July 2016 2:14 PM ISTToronto : The first case of Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in an HIV-positive individual will be presented in a poster session at the Alzheimer's...
