Short acting Calcium channel blockers linked to pancreatic cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 April 2018 7:15 PM ISTPancreatic cancer occurs among older individuals who also have chronic comorbid medical conditions, such as hypertension. Antihypertensive medication...
Drinking leads to chronic diseases by influencing oral microbiome Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 April 2018 7:05 PM ISTDrinking alcohol can lead to dysbiosis (microbial imbalance) of the oral microbiome which is linked to heart disease and cancers of the digestive...
Weight loss highly predictive of cancer in primary care settings Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 April 2018 7:05 PM ISTWeight loss is a non-specific cancer symptom for which there are no clinical guidelines about the investigation in primary care. Therefore it poses a...
Multimorbidity on the rise & needs to be addressed urgently Anjali Nimesh Nimesh26 April 2018 7:03 PM ISTMultimorbidity is a condition characterized by the presence of two or more chronic medical conditions in an individual. It can present several...
Scans could guide drug treatment in breast cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 April 2018 7:00 PM ISTA new scan could help doctors to spot when women with breast cancer stop responding to targeted drugs.Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research,...
A Pill may outperform mammograms in breast cancer diagnosis Vinay Singh singh2 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTResearchers at the University of Michigan are developing a pill that makes tumors light up when exposed to infrared light, and have demonstrated that...
NSAIDs Use shortens lifespan of Kidney Cancer patients Vinay Singh singh2 May 2018 7:05 PM ISTNon-aspirin NSAID use is associated with shorter overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), a recent study in the...
Older Cancer Patients at high risk of TIA, stroke Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 May 2018 8:10 PM ISTMiddle-aged and older adults are at higher risk for cerebrovascular events (stroke or transient ischemic attack [TIA]) in the first month after the...
Post-surgery gemcitabine infusion reduces bladder cancer recurrence Vinay Singh singh12 May 2018 7:15 PM ISTPost surgery exposure of the bladder with gemcitabine infusion reduces 34 percent risk of recurrence of bladder cancer, reports SWOG, an international...
Rivaroxaban -New treatment for DVT in cancer patients Vinay Singh singh13 May 2018 7:20 PM ISTCurrent international guidelines recommend cancer patients are injected with an anticoagulant (a low molecular weight heparin) to treat and prevent...
MRI guided biopsy improves detection rate in prostate cancer Vinay Singh singh14 May 2018 7:05 PM ISTMRI-guided biopsy (MRGB) is an emerging technology with the promise of improving cancer detection rates in prostate cancer, increasing the accuracy of...
ASCO's Updated Platelet Transfusion Guidelines for Cancer Patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)has released its updated Guidelines for the use of platelet transfusions in patients with cancer.According...
