WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs supriya kashyap kashyap4 Nov 2016 12:12 PM ISTGeneva : People preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections...
Sudden cardiac death of teen reminds physicians of promises, challenges of precision medicine supriya kashyap kashyap4 Nov 2016 12:02 PM ISTThe sudden death of a 13-year-old boy resulted in more than 20 relatives to be incorrectly diagnosed as having a potentially lethal heart rhythm...
Cause of inflammation in diabetes identified supriya kashyap kashyap4 Nov 2016 11:03 AM ISTInflammation is one of the main reasons why people with diabetes experience heart attacks, strokes, kidney problems and other, related complications....
New Breast Cancer Cases To Rise To 3.2 Million A Year By 2030 supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 2:54 PM ISTBy 2030, the number of women diagnosed every year with breast cancer could almost double to 3.2 million and cervical cancer cases can rise at least 25...
Fever in Children till 2 years of age: Guidelines in emergency department supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 2:53 PM ISTIn 2016 May, American College of Emergency Physicians came out with guidelines on Clinical policy for well-appearing infants and children younger than...
Poor foetal growth, key reason for stunted growth: Study supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 2:42 PM ISTPoor foetal growth preterm birth and low birth weight is the leading cause behind stunting among 25 per cent children in the developing countries, the...
First in human of new polymer-free stent demonstrates favorable angiographic, imaging-based outcomes at nine-months supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 12:50 PM ISTA first-in-human study of a new polymer-free drug-filled stent, which provides controlled drug elution from an internal lumen, indicated non-inferior...
Raising good cholesterol not as effective as lowering bad cholesterol supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 10:04 AM ISTLow and very high levels of HDL, or "good cholesterol" are associated with a higher risk of dying from heart disease, cancer and other causes,...
Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy may trigger post-traumatic stress disorder supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 10:01 AM ISTWomen may be at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder following a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, suggests a new study.The team behind the...
Ovarian transplantation might be possible in future supriya kashyap kashyap3 Nov 2016 9:59 AM ISTApproximately 11% of women worldwide suffer from premature ovarian failure. This can have many different causes: chemotherapy administered for a...
Low-Oxygen Environment May Reverse Heart Disease: Study supriya kashyap kashyap2 Nov 2016 1:16 PM ISTNew York : Normal, healthy heart muscle is well-supplied with oxygen-rich blood, but a new study says that very low oxygen levels about the...
AIIMS performs 50th heart transplant supriya kashyap kashyap2 Nov 2016 1:15 PM ISTNew Delhi : Its a double joy for Haryana as a man from Rohtak received a new lease of life this Diwali after undergoing a heart transplant at AIIMS,...
