Heartburn drugs up risk of diarrhea, inflammation of colon supriya kashyap kashyap31 March 2017 4:14 PM ISTWashington : A study finds that gastric acid suppression drugs increase the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection which causes diarrhea...
New study can determine whether someone has high risk of developing liver cancer supriya kashyap kashyap29 March 2017 12:42 PM ISTWashington : Exposure to fungal product, called aflatoxin, is believed to cause up to 80 percent of liver cancer cases in many parts of the world.A...
Statins helpful in chronic liver disease: Review of Studies supriya kashyap kashyap28 March 2017 11:03 AM ISTStatin drugs are widely used to manage high cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. But in a new review of more than 50 studies,...
Fecal transplant offers hope for autistic kids supriya kashyap kashyap27 March 2017 12:29 PM ISTWashington : In this new era of medical therapy dawning, fecal transplants are poised to help fight a range of conditions, from deadly super bugs to...
Coming Soon: Colonoscopy by a camera based pill supriya kashyap kashyap19 March 2017 10:45 AM ISTA new noninvasive alternative to colonoscopies is as easy as swallowing a pill.The patient ingests PillCam™ Colon 2, a capsule containing two...
KIMS Doctors Perform First Robotic Spleen Preserving Surgery supriya kashyap kashyap17 March 2017 4:40 PM ISTHyderabad : The Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS Hospitals) Secunderabad, has emerged as the first centre in India for achieving the...
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...
New Method uses Focused Ultrasound destroying liver tumors supriya kashyap kashyap13 March 2017 10:08 AM ISTFocused ultrasound can effectively destroy tumor cells. Until now, this method has only been used for organs such as the prostate and uterus. At the...
Study finds common gene variants linked to gall bladder cancer supriya kashyap kashyap7 March 2017 11:10 AM ISTWashington : A recent study compared the genetic code of gall bladder cancer patients with those of healthy volunteers at about 700,000 different...
New treatment for fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes burns up fat in liver supriya kashyap kashyap5 March 2017 10:10 AM ISTResearchers in Sweden are planning the clinical trial of a new treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes which harnesses...
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...
Pakistani girl undergoes liver transplant surgery at Fortis Hospital supriya kashyap kashyap19 Feb 2017 10:00 AM ISTA five-year-old Pakistani girl has got a new lease of life after undergoing a liver transplant surgery in a private hospital with her father donating...
