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...
Maternal Age above 35 increases risk of Down Syndrome: Metropolis Healthcare Study supriya kashyap kashyap23 March 2017 12:28 PM ISTMumbai : Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes mental retardation and abnormal physical growth. Down syndrome occurs when an individual has...
New way to prevent spread of infections on medical devices supriya kashyap kashyap22 March 2017 9:57 AM ISTLondon : Researchers have discovered a new way to prevent bacteria from growing on medical devices such as hip replacements or heart valves implanted...
MRI scans may spot HIV lingering in brain: study savita thakur thakur15 March 2017 4:03 PM ISTLondon: MRI scans can help identify when HIV is persisting in the brain despite effective drug treatment, scientists including one of Indian origin...
Study indicates New approach to prevent and treat cholesterol gallstones supriya kashyap kashyap15 March 2017 10:25 AM ISTAccording to current estimates, 20 to 25 million Americans have or will develop gallstones, representing almost 15% of adults. Although only a small...
Urine-based biomarkers for early cancer screening test supriya kashyap kashyap8 March 2017 1:52 AM ISTA team of researchers, led by Professor Yoon-Kyoung Cho of Life Science at UNIST has recently developed a new technique that effectively identifies...
Follow-up imaging significantly less when initial ED ultrasound is interpreted by radiologists: Study supriya kashyap kashyap23 Feb 2017 2:03 PM ISTReston : According to new research by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, the use of follow-up imaging is significantly less when initial...
First diagnostic criteria for idiopathic multicentric castleman disease supriya kashyap kashyap17 Feb 2017 10:59 AM ISTMore than six decades after Castleman disease (CD) was first described, a group of experts from Penn Medicine and other institutions around the world...
Hair analysis may help diagnose Cushing syndrome, researchers report supriya kashyap kashyap14 Feb 2017 10:34 AM ISTAnalyzing a hair sample may help with the diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome, a rare and potentially fatal disorder in which the body overproduces the...
Flu fighter: Scientist develops Breath monitor to detect flu supriya kashyap kashyap5 Feb 2017 11:58 AM ISTPerena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the...
Metropolis Healthcare study reveals average 8.73 percent cancer positivity supriya kashyap kashyap4 Feb 2017 12:45 PM ISTMumbai : Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, a leading player in pathology services that specializes in cancer testing released data points that showed that...
Breath test could help detect stomach and esophageal cancers supriya kashyap kashyap1 Feb 2017 9:02 AM ISTA test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of cancers of the esophagus and stomach...
