Metformin safe for use even in patients with kidney disease: JAMA Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 Sept 2019 7:05 PM ISTNashville, Tennessee: There have been qualms about the safety of the diabetes drug metformin in patients with mild to moderate kidney disease. Putting...
Breakthrough Device: A bathroom scale that measures ECG, BCG of patients Deepanjana Sarkar23 Sept 2019 3:30 PM ISTUS: As the number of patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is advancing, so is the diagnostic tools for its detection. In a medical breakthrough,...
Antioxidant in green tea may have answer to threat of antibiotic resistance Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 Sept 2019 9:15 AM ISTAntibiotic resistance is on the rise globally.An excessive and indiscriminate use of antimicrobials has serious consequences: the proportion of...
Pregnancy hypertension: High blood pressure during pregnancy linked to heart failure and stroke later Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 Sept 2019 9:10 AM ISTHigh blood pressure in pregnancy affects up to 10% of pregnancies often leading to maternal complications and premature delivery.Now a new study has...
Alzheimer's drug- A new hope for treating Chagas disease in patients with chronic illness: PLOS Deepanjana Sarkar23 Sept 2019 9:00 AM ISTBrazil: Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) which contributes to approximately 10,300 deaths annually in endemic countries such as...
Moderate drinking increases risk of psoriatic arthritis in obese psoriasis patients: British Journal of Dermatology Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 Sept 2019 7:30 PM ISTUK: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a progressive and often destructive joint disease that affects one in five patients with psoriasis. A recent study...
Vitamin D supplementation early in life in diabetics may prevent premature mortality, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar22 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTVitamin D now has extensive research supporting its role in immune function, healthy cell division, and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency is major...
Flavored e-cigarettes may precipitate asthma, reveals study Hina Zahid22 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTE cigarettes have been in controversy lately for its damaging effect on lungs and causing deaths as well. A new study into the impact of flavored...
Decreasing levels of a protein enhances fracture-healing in elderly, finds study Hina Zahid22 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTMore than 6 million Americans break a bone each year who have to resort to the usual treatment of surgery or immobilisation by getting a plaster in...
IBD patients are at higher risk of heart attack and mortality Medha Baranwal Baranwal22 Sept 2019 7:10 PM ISTSouth Korea: Crohn’s disease (CD) patients are at a higher risk for heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI) and this risk is starker in female...
Do Sunscreens protect skin cancer at cost of developing Vitamin D deficiency ? Deepanjana Sarkar22 Sept 2019 7:05 PM ISTAre sunscreens necessary evil- protecting skin cancer at the cost of causing Vitamin D deficiency is a million-dollar question.Sunscreens are used to...
Type 2 diabetes: New oral drug on the horizon! Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 Sept 2019 2:14 PM ISTImeglimin could be a new treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes either as mono-or add-on therapy, reveal results from a phase 3 study....
