ACP Guidelines on Stage 1 to 3 Chronic Kidney Disease (screening, monitoring, and treatment of adults ) Geeta Sharma Sharma24 March 2016 10:00 AM ISTThe recent initiative of the Governement of India to develop National Dialysis Programme to address the issue of chronic kidney diseases highlights...
ACP guidelines on Anaemia in patients with heart disease Geeta Sharma Sharma23 March 2016 1:14 PM ISTHeart Disease is a commonly prevalent disease among Indians and people all across the globe. Anemia is more common in patients with heart disease....
MRI reflects greater accuracy than Ultrasound in Pre term Birth cases: Study savita thakur thakur22 March 2016 11:50 AM ISTFor mothers-to-be, going for an MRI of the cervix area can give more accurate results than ultrasound to predict if some women will give a preterm...
NICE Guideline on Assessing and Managing Motor Neurone Disease Geeta Sharma Sharma22 March 2016 9:38 AM ISTNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published its guideline on the assessment and management of motor neurone disease (MND) on 24th...
Nice guidelines 2016 on clot removal in stroke patients Geeta Sharma Sharma21 March 2016 5:56 PM IST United kingdom: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated guidance on clot-removing procedure for patients...
Elevated troponin I levels does not always mean a heart attack Dr. Prem Aggarwal20 March 2016 10:35 AM ISTAcute Myocardial infarction is most classically diagnosed by troponin T or I elevation. However, there are other etiologies than ACS where troponin T...
High levels of insulin affect lungs, says study savita thakur thakur10 March 2016 8:04 PM ISTHigh levels of insulin are bad for lungs and for Indians who have the lowest lung function, the focus should be on improving diet and lifestyle to...
Doctors warn against bone lengthening surgery for cosmetic purpose savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 6:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: You may not have heard of orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov from Siberia, who used external devices on patients to fix...
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 6:26 PM ISTAfrican-American and European-American men at high risk of prostate cancer have greater odds of being diagnosed with an aggressive form of the disease...
Zika virus may cause stillbirths savita thakur thakur27 Feb 2016 3:05 PM ISTUS researchers have found a possible association of congenital Zika virus to stillbirths and damage to tissues outside the central nervous...
Stressed fathers can put their kids at high diabetes risk savita thakur thakur19 Feb 2016 4:39 PM ISTNew fathers please take note! Men who are stressed can put their children at an increased risk of diabetes, an interesting study has found.According...
Scientists identify antigens that may trigger type 1 diabetes savita thakur thakur16 Feb 2016 2:09 PM ISTNew York: A new class of antigens has been identified that may be a contributing factor to type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is the autoimmune form of...
