On-and-off fasting helps fight obesity Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTUp to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders. Such fasting...
Is HPV vaccination safe for adult women? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTIn a Journal of Internal Medicine study of more than 3 million Danish and Swedish adult women, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was not linked...
New FDA Approved Tech Moves Us Closer to a Robotic Future Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 Oct 2017 7:05 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the Senhance System, a new robotically-assisted surgical device (RASD) that can help facilitate minimally...
New diabetes pill lowers blood glucose levels and aids weight loss Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 Oct 2017 8:00 PM ISTSemaglutide , a glucagon-like peptide-1 or GLP-1 – presently available as once a week injection might one day be available in pill form, research...
Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Oct 2017 7:25 PM ISTA multidisciplinary group that includes the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaignand the University of Washington at Tacoma has developed a novel...
IDSA Infectious Diarrhea guidelines recommend when to test, when to treat Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTNew culture-independent tests are much more sensitive than traditional diagnostic methods in detecting the cause of infectious diarrhea, a significant...
AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTA new position statement published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) describes the appropriate clinical use of a home sleep apnea test...
Arthroscopic Surgery no better than Conservative Therapies in Degenerative Knee Disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Oct 2017 8:00 PM ISTMany studies show that conservative therapy, including physical therapy, is not inferior to arthroscopy for patients with knee osteoarthritis (e.g.,...
How serious is postmenopausal bleeding? Ruby khatun khatun18 Oct 2017 7:25 PM ISTIf you're postmenopausal, you shouldn't be bleeding. The very definition of menopause is having gone more than 12 months without a period. So if...
25 Million Die in Pain Each Year For Want Morphine Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:30 PM ISTEvery year, some 25 million people -- one in ten of them children -- die in serious pain that could have been alleviated with morphine at just a few...
Omega-6 could lower type 2 diabetes risk by 35 percent Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:25 PM ISTThe risk of developing type 2 diabetes could be significantly reduced by eating a diet rich in omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, a new study...
A step towards new drug for life-threatening Cryptococcus neoformans infections Ruby khatun khatun17 Oct 2017 7:00 PM ISTA team from Sydney's Westmead Institute for Medical Research is a step closer to developing a drug to treat life-threatening fungal infections that...
