60% children in India are Anemic, Malnutrition still remains major killer of Under-5 : ICMR study in Lancet Deepanjana Sarkar18 Sept 2019 9:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: While the mortality from malnutrition fell by two-third from 1990 to 2017 in children under five years of age, it still remains the leading...
Vitamin D replenishment does not benefit critical neurology patients: Clinical trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Sept 2019 9:01 AM ISTVitamin D replenishment in neurocritical care patients who are vitamin deficient does not show improvement finds a Clinical trial. The findings of the...
Blood sugar fluctuations linked to increased complications and mortality risk in diabetics Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Sept 2019 6:55 AM ISTBlood sugar fluctuations linked to increased complications and mortality risk compared to stable blood sugar in diabetes.The findings of new research...
Risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases six-fold with Obesity, finds study Hina Zahid17 Sept 2019 7:28 PM ISTObesity is an epidemic encountered usually in developed countries. It is on the rise because of the abundant availability of food and sedentary...
Migraine: Ajovy effective in treatment resistant patients, results from HALO and FOCUS trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTUSA: Fremanezumab (Ajovy), indicated for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults, received FDA approval in 2018. It functions by targeting...
MRI guided prostate biopsy best way of active surveillance for prostate cancer: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTProstate cancer is a common type of male cancer which is highly treatable in the early stages. All over the world tens of thousands of men are...
Even high dose of vitamin D does not prevent elders from acute respiratory infection Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTDelhi: Monthly high dose of vitamin D does not prevent acute respiratory infection (ARI) in older adults having a low prevalence of vitamin D...
Heart Failure: Milrinone reduces mortality by 50 percent compared to dobutamine Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 7:10 PM ISTUSA: Milrinone treatment improves survival in heart failure (HF) patients compared with dobutamine, a recent study finds.According to the study,...
Methotrexate shows promise in treatment of blood cancer, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar17 Sept 2019 7:05 PM ISTMethotrexate is one of the mainstay drugs for the treatment of inflammatory arthritis. It is a very powerful suppressor of certain cell signaling...
Both high and low blood sugar increase risk of CVD and all cause mortality, finds study Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 1:30 PM ISTBoth high and low blood sugar increase the risk of CVD and all-cause mortality finds a study.Both low (<80 mg/dl) and high (≥126 mg/dl) fasting...
Novel shoe that improves gait in stroke cleared in clinical trials Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 Sept 2019 9:03 AM ISTA therapeutic gait enhancing shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery developed by researchers. It is proving successful and expected to hit the...
New insulin delivery system prevents hypoglycemia in diabetics on insulin Medha Baranwal Baranwal17 Sept 2019 9:02 AM ISTCalifornia: Predictive low-glucose suspend (PLGS) insulin delivery system may be a useful tool for the reducing episodes of low blood sugar...
