Lonliness linked to increased death risk in heart patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Nov 2019 7:15 PM ISTLoneliness can be detrimental for heart patients -- including a higher risk of death in the year after hospitalization. Cardiac patients who feel...
Spinal Cord Stimulation system for chronic pain treatment receives FDA approval Medha Baranwal Baranwal8 Nov 2019 7:10 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to the medical device company Nevro for the Senza Omnia Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)...
Higher serum Vitamin D associated with better outcome in melanoma, finds study Hina Zahid8 Nov 2019 7:05 PM ISTCancer Research UK scientists have found that vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells in the lab by making them less aggressive. Higher...
MBBS, nursing students at higher risk of developing latent TB: CMC Vellore Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Nov 2019 7:30 PM ISTIndia: MBBS students and nursing students involved in patient care are at higher risk of developing latent tuberculosis (TB) than the general...
Mated female mosquitoes more likely to transmit Malaria, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Nov 2019 7:28 PM ISTMated female Anopheles mosquitoes are more likely to transmit Malaria is the finding of a new study.Dr Farah Dahalan of Imperial College London, Mara...
Telemonitoring in advanced heart failure may save lives, finds a report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Nov 2019 7:25 PM ISTInstitute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has found that telemonitoring in advanced heart failure may save lives.Heart failure can be...
FDA updates safety warning about biotin interference with lab results Hina Zahid7 Nov 2019 7:20 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its safety communication to remind the public, health care providers, lab personnel and lab test...
AAP releases statement on use of artificial sweeteners in children Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Nov 2019 7:15 PM ISTThe children and adolescents are increasingly consuming nonnutritive sweeteners (NNSs) or artificial sweeteners in the absence of strong scientific...
Magnesium deficiency linked to diabetes and high BP Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Nov 2019 7:10 PM ISTQatar: Magnesium deficiency can lead to prediabetes, diabetes and high blood pressure (BP) -- is the finding of a recent study published in the...
FIRST: US Doctors attempt CRISPR gene editing for cancer Hina Zahid7 Nov 2019 7:05 PM ISTThe first attempt in the United States to use a gene-editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who have had it so...
CT lung cancer screening useful and cost effective even in elderly, finds study Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 Nov 2019 7:30 PM ISTUSA: CT lung cancer screening is cost-effective even at the oldest upper age limits, reveals a cost-analysis of well-established guidelines on the...
Diabetes drug may reduce withdrawal symptoms and help quit smoking Hina Zahid6 Nov 2019 7:25 PM ISTSmoking cessation may be difficult but it has several advantages including improving health, Prolongation of life, Improving sense of taste and smell...
