Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart's major pumping chamber supriya kashyap kashyap16 Oct 2017 7:20 PM ISTScientists have found another reason for children to eat their green leafy vegetables.A study of 766 otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those...
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Oct 2017 7:05 PM ISTResearchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have built a flexible sensor that can be rolled up and swallowed. Upon ingestion, the sensor...
Now a beam of light can check your blood pressure more accurately Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli20 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTA device that monitors blood pressure by shining beam of light along the skin could be available in the next few months.The measurement of blood...
How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli22 Oct 2017 8:30 PM ISTHong KN et al. in his review article enumerated some points regarding how low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP) in primary...
High blood pressure linked to Mitral regurgitation Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTFor the first time, a strong link has been established between high blood pressure and the most common heart valve disorder in high-income countries,...
Current anti-hypertensive medicines control BP but don’t restore microvascular function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Nov 2017 7:45 PM ISTTreatments for high blood pressure do not totally reverse its damaging effects on the vascular rhythms that help circulation of the blood say...
Topical gel made from oral blood pressure drugs shown effective in healing chronic wounds Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:25 PM ISTAn international team of researchers led by Johns Hopkins has shown that a topical gel made from a class of common blood pressure pills that block...
Immunoglobulins provide symptom relief in pain in small-fiber polyneuropathy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTAn analysis of the medical records of patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for an often-mysterious condition involving damage to...
Serious health risks associated with energy drinks Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTA new review of current scientific knowledge on energy drinks finds their advertised short-term benefits can be outweighed by serious health risks --...
Gut microbes protect against high blood pressure Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTMicrobes living in your gut may help protect against the effects of a high-salt diet, according to a new study from MIT.Common salt reduces the number...
Angiotensin-II found effective in vasodilatory shock whereas Ganciclovir in respiratory failure Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 Nov 2017 7:25 PM ISTTwo recent Northwestern Medicine clinical trials examined the effects of drug therapies for critically ill patients suffering from vasodilatory shock...
Bariatric Surgery effectively controls BP in Obese Patients : GATEWAY trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTIn a randomized GATEWAY trial, it has been found that Bariatric surgery may be an effective strategy for blood pressure control in patients with...
