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...
Migraine can put women at higher risk of heart diseases: BMJ Study savita thakur thakur16 Jun 2016 5:30 PM ISTLONDON: Women who suffer from migraine headaches have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease in later life, says a study.The findings...
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...
India vulnerable to infectious diseases like Zika, Ebola supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2017 11:42 AM ISTNew Delhi : South Asian nations including India are "vulnerable" to emerging infectious diseases like Zika and Ebola and their level of preparedness...
Doctor finds 27 contact lenses in womans eye Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 July 2017 10:59 AM ISTLondon: An Indian-origin eye specialist in the UK has found 27 contact lenses stuck in the eye of a 67- year-old woman who was due to have a cataract...
Using antidepressants during pregnancy may affect your child's mental health : BMJ Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Sept 2017 9:00 AM ISTThe use of antidepressants has been on the rise for many years. Between 2 and 8% of pregnant women are on antidepressants. Now researchers from the...
Available anthelmintic drugs losing effectivity : BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTSoil transmitted helminthiasis is caused by infections with the nematode worm Ascaris lumbricoides, the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma...
Even one cigarette a day ups heart disease, stroke risk: BMJ study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Jan 2018 8:13 PM ISTSmoking just one cigarette a day carries nearly half the risk for developing coronary heart diseaseand stroke as puffing 20 cigarettesper day, warns a...
Metformin safe in first trimester of pregnancy : BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 Jun 2018 8:20 PM ISTThe researchers in the UK have found that there was no evidence for an increased risk of all non-genetic congenital anomalies combined following...
New recommendations on use of dual antiplatelet therapy in TIA Hina Zahid3 Jan 2019 7:00 PM ISTAn international expert group has released new guidelines on the use of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute high risk transient ischaemic...
Children born by assisted reproduction have higher Asthma risk Medical Dialogues Bureau7 Feb 2019 8:10 PM ISTA new study has found that-Children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies have higher Asthma risk. The result of the study showed an...
Beware ! Some medicines for prostate hypertrophy increase risk of Diabetes: BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli15 April 2019 8:20 PM ISTCertain medicines for prostate hypertrophy increase risk of Diabetes finds a new study.Some men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) who are on...
