Severe BP lowering treatment may harm diabetes patients savita thakur thakur26 Feb 2016 1:24 PM ISTLondon: Diabetics who undergo intensive blood pressure lowering treatment, particularly those with systolic blood pressure levels under 140, may be at...
Bad cholesterol not behind elderly deaths: Researchers supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 2:12 PM ISTNew York : Older people with high levels of "bad" or low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) cholesterol live as long, and often longer, than their peers with...
Controversy over statins risking thousands of hearts supriya kashyap kashyap5 July 2016 2:22 PM ISTWashington D.C : A period of controversy over the risks and benefits of statins, covered widely in the UK media, was followed by a temporary increase...
Exercise as effective as surgery for middle aged patients with knee damage supriya kashyap kashyap21 July 2016 4:35 PM ISTLondon : Exercise therapy is as effective as surgery for middle aged patients with a common type of knee injury known as meniscal tear (damage to the...
Twins should be delivered at 37 weeks to minimize deaths, say experts supriya kashyap kashyap9 Sept 2016 9:07 AM ISTTwins should be delivered at 37 weeks' gestation to minimise stillbirths and newborn deaths, and there is no clear evidence to support routine...
No clear threshold to diagnose and treat diabetes during pregnancy : BMJ supriya kashyap kashyap19 Sept 2016 9:44 AM ISTA new study finds a consistent association between higher blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy and increased risk of complications around the...
Proton pump inhibitors linked to heightened risk of death : BMJ Open Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 July 2017 1:35 PM ISTProton pump inhibitors (PPIs)--a widely available class of drug designed to curb excess stomach acid production--may be linked to a heightened risk of...
Children with high IQ may lead a longer life : BMJ Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 July 2017 9:30 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : In a recent study, researchers have found that higher intelligence (IQ) in childhood is linked with a lower lifetime risk of...
WHO decision to downgrade Tamiflu comes far too late: BMJ Report Ruby khatun khatun17 July 2017 9:25 AM ISTIn an editorial published, Mark Ebell, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Georgia, outlines important lessons from the Tamiflu...
1 in 3 stroke survivors shuns life-saving statins due to side-effect concerns Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 July 2017 10:21 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Nearly 30 percent of stroke patients are refusing to take life-saving statins because they are worried about the side effects,...
Finishing antibiotics course unnecessary: BMJ Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 July 2017 5:07 PM ISTThe deeply embedded message that patients should "complete the course" of antibiotics to avoid antibiotic resistance is not backed by evidence and...
Vaginal seeding after Cesarean risky, warn doctors Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Aug 2017 9:10 AM ISTDoctors are seeing a rise in the number of parents requesting so-called 'vaginal seeding' for babies born by caesarean section, according to an...
