Cranberries could be a helpful tool in combating antibiotic resistance Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2019 7:28 PM ISTCanada: Proanthocyanidin -- A molecule derived from cranberries -- could help combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance by mitigating the...
Prophylactic oxytocin during third stage labour may reduce risk of blood loss Deepanjana Sarkar29 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTOxytocin ergometrine may reduce blood loss compared to ergot alkaloids during third stage labor, revealed a review published in the Cochrane...
Fibromyalgia patients at higher risk for migraine Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2019 7:20 PM ISTTaiwan: People with fibromyalgia are at a higher risk of developing migraine compared with people without fibromyalgia (FM), suggests a longitudinal...
Vitamin D may expedite wound healing in burn patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2019 7:15 PM ISTUSA: Vitamin D is a hormone with pleiotropic effects. Besides its role in maintaining bone mineral homeostasis and calcium uptake it also plays an...
Smartphones and laptops as accurate as medical monitors for interpreting head CT in Acute Stroke Deepanjana Sarkar29 May 2019 7:10 PM ISTThe use of smartphones and laptops to interpret head CT images of patients with acute stroke symptoms is as accurate as the interpretation of head CT...
Proton therapy may protect memory function in children with brain tumor Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2019 7:10 PM ISTDELHI: Craniopharyngioma is a rare type of noncancerous (benign) brain tumor. Its treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and...
Skilled health workforce in India does not meet minimum threshold recommended by WHO, says a study Hina Zahid29 May 2019 7:05 PM ISTThe skilled health workforce in India does not meet the minimum threshold of 22.8 skilled workers per 10,000 population as recommended by the World...
Heart attack: why not ask for help, questions latest study Deepanjana Sarkar29 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTA preassumed failure to act on heart attack symptoms is linked to a life-threatening situation, pointed-out a study published in the European Journal...
FDA approves PIQRAY: First PI3K inhibitor tablet for breast cancer Deepanjana Sarkar28 May 2019 7:28 PM ISTThe US Food and Administration (FDA) has approved the first ever PI3K Inhibitor [Piqray (alpelisib)] oral tablets to treat postmenopausal women, and...
Low blood sugar during discharge increases death and hospital readmission Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 May 2019 7:25 PM ISTUSA: A nationwide, retrospective cohort study of 843,978 admissions of diabetic patients found that the diabetes patients having low blood sugar...
Vitamin D a good predictor of clinical severity of bronchiectasis Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 May 2019 7:20 PM ISTITALY: Vitamin D is a good predictor of clinical and radiological severity of bronchiectasis, according to a recent study published in the journal...
Drug Coated Balloons safer than Drug Eluting Stents for small vessel coronary artery disease, confirms a BASKET-SMALL 2 trial Deepanjana Sarkar28 May 2019 7:15 PM ISTTreatment of coronary artery disease in patients with small vessel coronary artery disease using Drug-Coated Balloons (DCB) may be a safer option than...
