Obese, overweight with pneumonia have less mortality risks versus normal weight patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 May 2018 8:00 PM ISTIn what seems an obesity paradox-- a new study has found that the overweight and obese people who are hospitalized for pneumonia are more likely to...
Use of furosemide in children with CHD linked to increased risk of bone fractures Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTThe administration of furosemide (Lasix) therapy in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with an increased risk of bone...
New type of vertigo identified Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 May 2018 8:31 PM ISTA new type of vertigo with no known etiology was identified by neurologists, according to a study published in the journal American Academy of...
Use of antimalarial drug speeds up recovery of a 60-year-old cancer patient Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTA recently published interesting case in the journal cancer medical science has cited a case, where a patient with advanced ovarian cancer had a...
PCSK9 inhibitors beneficial for patients with high lipoprotein(a) levels Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 May 2018 8:00 PM ISTPCSK9 inhibitors reduced lipoprotein(a) levels and that patients starting with higher Lp(a) levels appeared to derive greater absolute benefit from...
Drugs for Parkinson's disease might be beneficial for TB as well: Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe mechanism used by the immune system for clearance of bacterial infections like tuberculosis (TB) might also be implicated in Parkinson's disease,...
Domperidone linked to short-term increase in breast milk volume Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTA drug called domperidone is linked to a moderate short‐term increase in expressed breast milk volume among mothers of preterm infants experiencing...
FDA approves Doptelet for thrombocytopenia patients with chronic liver disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval to Dova Pharmaceuticals's Doptelet (avatrombopag), a thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor...
A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus Vinay Singh singh22 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTA new nanoparticle vaccine developed by MIT researchers could assist efforts to eradicate polio worldwide, according to a study published in the...
1 in 3 swimming-related disease outbreaks occur at hotels Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTA third of treated recreational waterborne disease outbreaks during 2000 through 2014 occurred in hotel pools or hot tubs, according to a report...
MRI guided IV alteplase best for ’wake-up’ stroke patients : WAKE-UP trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 May 2018 8:25 PM ISTIn patients with acute stroke with an unknown time of onset, intravenous alteplase guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans results in...
Antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid found beneficial for some stroke patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTThe administration of tranexamic acid (TXA), a drug used for the treatment of blood loss from postpartum bleeding and major trauma, improved...
