Asthma drug helps patients with skin disorder supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:41 AM ISTPatients who develop itchy wheals in response to cold or friction benefit from treatment with omalizumab, a drug normally used to treat asthma. Two...
Denosumab-Postmenopausal Osteoporosis drug found safe in long-term trial supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:31 AM ISTA new study provides reassuring information about the short-term and long-term safety of denosumab, a monoclonal antibody that is used to treat...
Lung Cancer - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 9:48 AM ISTLung cancer is the commonest form of malignancy world over and is the most common cause of death. The disease is fatal if not treated early. Although,...
Clinical trial shows benefit of yoga for side effects of prostate cancer treatment supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 3:41 PM ISTMen who attended a structured yoga class twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment reported less fatigue and better sexual and urinary...
Synthetic biologists create Colitis-sensing gut bacteria supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 3:37 PM ISTSynthetic biologists at Rice University have engineered gut bacteria capable of sensing colitis, an inflammation of the colon, in mice. The research...
Cardiologist warns against dissolvable stents in an NEJM editorial supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 3:36 PM ISTIn a New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) editorial published last week, Debabrata Mukherjee, M.D., provides expert commentary on bioresorbable...
Shorter Sleep Duration linked to Increased Risk of Fatal Prostate Cancer in Younger Men supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 11:45 AM ISTWashington : Shorter sleep duration was associated with increased risk of death from prostate cancer in men under the age of 65, according to data...
USE PPI as per latest guidelines by American Gastroenterological Association supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 9:31 AM ISTBethesda : When proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are appropriately prescribed, their benefits are likely to outweigh their risks, according to an...
Regular Aspirin Use Associated with Lower Cancer Mortality: AACR 2017 supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 1:49 PM ISTWashington : Long-term, regular aspirin use was associated with reduced risk of death from several different kinds of cancers, according to data...
Urine test to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 11:59 AM ISTA study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators raises the possibility of identifying children with Down syndrome who may also have...
Inflammatory bowel disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be linked, suggests research supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 10:12 AM ISTResearch led by a Houston Methodist gastroenterologist shows that patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for more than two decades have a...
8 in 10 people in Chennai suffer from lack of Vitamin D, reveals Metropolis Healthcare Study supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 10:12 AM ISTChennai : Vitamin D is produced by the body in response to skin being exposed to sunlight and is hence known as the Sunshine vitamin. Vitamin D is...
