Bangalore doctors deploy new method to arrest bleeding during pregnancy Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Jan 2019 6:00 PM ISTBENGALURU: Doctors at Bangalore have used a new method, sclerotherapy to arrest have used a novel method to arrest cervical bleeding during pregnancy....
Smoking significantly increases risk of major bleeding Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 Jan 2019 7:30 PM ISTIn a new study, researchers have found that smoking significantly increases the risk of major bleeding. The risk of major bleeding was found to be...
Test for esophageal cancer could save millions of lives Hina Zahid30 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTCancer of the esophagus claims more than 400,000 lives around the world each year. With no efficient, reliable method of screening for the disease, by...
Medical interventions not useful in managing traumatic hyphema Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Jan 2019 7:15 PM ISTThe researchers in a Cochrane Review found no evidence of successful management of visual acuity following traumatic hyphema by any of the medical...
Intensive lowering of high BP reduces bleeding risk during stroke thrombolysis: Lancet Hina Zahid8 Feb 2019 2:55 PM ISTAccording to late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2019, Intensive lowering of high BP...
Andexanet reverses serious bleeding due to Apixaban, Rivaroxaban, confirms study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli11 Feb 2019 7:25 PM ISTAccording to late-breaking science presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2019, Andexanet alfa (Andexxa), the...
Stopping aspirin 3 months after stenting does not increase death risk: ACC Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 March 2019 8:10 PM ISTDELHI: Aspirin has long been known to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, and cardiovascular disease. However, a new study presented at the...
PERSPECTIVE: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the 2019 AHA/ACC CVD Primary Prevention Guidelines- Prof Sundeep Mishra Hina Zahid24 March 2019 8:28 PM IST"There is no free lunch with aspirin, only free bleeding"On March 17th 2019, in the just-completed American College of Cardiology (ACC) Meeting, the...
ACC/AHA Guidelines on CVD Prevention: How Aspirin Prescription should be in India-Dr Ashok Seth Deepanjana Sarkar27 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTRandom Prescriptions of Aspirin for primary prevention of heart disease may put patients at bleeding risk unless individualized- Hence Individualized,...
Can ovarian cancer be diagnosed earlier? Hina Zahid31 March 2019 7:05 PM ISTFewer than half of ovarian cancer patients survive until five years after diagnosis. According to the American Cancer Society, this is because only...
Management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: European guideline Hina Zahid4 April 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe fifth edition of European guideline on Management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma has been released. The guidelines by...
Adding Rivaroxaban to Aspirin in treatment of Indian Stable CAD patients- Analysis of COMPASS trial in India by Dr Prafulla Kerkar Et al Hina Zahid4 April 2019 7:03 PM ISTThe following article is a critical analysis of the COMPASS trial with respect to benefit-risk assessment using the number needed to treat:...
