MEET FLEXDEX Needle Driver-New low-cost surgical instrument that moves like a surgeon's hand supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 10:02 AM ISTIn an era of spiraling health care cost concerns, a new $500 surgical instrument developed at the University of Michigan is vying to take the place of...
Asthma drugs could prevent prevent deadly form of pneumonia, research suggests supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 9:52 AM ISTTwo drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia that can kill up to 40 percent of people who contract it,...
5-yr-girl undergoes complex liver transplant, open heart surgery at Apollo Hospitals supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 11:52 AM ISTHyderabad : Doctors at Apollo Hospitals here have conducted a complex pediatric liver transplant and open heart surgery on a five-year-old girl with...
Evidence review supports pediatric use of PDE-5 inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 11:42 AM ISTWashington : A systematic review of the comparative effectiveness and safety of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors in pediatric patients with...
Long-term stress linked to higher levels of obesity supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 10:23 AM ISTPeople who suffer long-term stress may also be more prone to obesity, according to research by scientists at UCL which involved examining hair samples...
Researchers develop model for studying rare polio-like illness supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 10:21 AM ISTScientists, led by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, have developed the first animal model for studying paralysis caused...
Uterine Fibroid Embolisation-Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 9:54 AM ISTWhenever a woman of child bearing age presents with menorrhagia (excessive bleeding during menstruation), dysmenorrhea (painful menses), or recurrent...
Doctors at Medanta perform Cement-less Total Knee Replacement supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 3:06 PM ISTGurugram : Doctors at Medanta Medicity successfully performed another cement-less Total Knee Replacement (TKR) with the help of Titanium Nitride...
Nicotinamide riboside, vitamin B3 prevents nerve pain caused by cancer drugs supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 2:41 PM ISTA new study in rats suggests that nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, may be useful for treating or preventing nerve pain (neuropathy)...
Study: Two-thirds of clinicians lack knowledge of diabetes related foot complication supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 2:26 PM ISTANN ARBOR : Diabetes can have several complications, including one common side effect: foot damage. Although some types are common, others are...
New assay may lead to a cure for debilitating inflammatory joint disease supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 2:25 PM ISTCurrent treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint destruction, but the immunologic defect that triggers the...
Acute Cerebral Ischemic Stroke Due to a Major Vessel Occlusion-Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 9:54 AM ISTIntroductionCerebral Stroke is a sudden onset neurological deficit due to neurovascular pathological conditions. Ischemic stroke due to a major vessel...
