Smartphones can help save life during cardiac arrest, strokes supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 3:03 PM ISTNew York : Smartphone apps and other digital technology have the potential to provide rapid emergency care for cardiac arrest, heart attacks and...
Indian couple in Australina claims breakthrough in prostate cancer treatment supriya kashyap kashyap15 Sept 2016 11:58 AM ISTNew Delhi : A medical scientists' team, at Deakin University, Australia, has recently announced that they achieved a breakthrough in prostate cancer...
Adrenaline rush: Delaying epinephrine shots after cardiac arrest cuts survival rates supriya kashyap kashyap6 Dec 2016 12:45 PM ISTHospitals in which the administration of epinephrine to patients whose hearts have stopped is delayed beyond five minutes have significantly lower...
High survival rate for elderly patients with ICDs: JACC study supriya kashyap kashyap21 Jan 2017 11:46 AM ISTOf patients over age 65 who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) after surviving sudden cardiac arrest or a near-fatal arrhythmia,...
Gene found to cause sudden death in young people supriya kashyap kashyap12 March 2017 10:06 AM ISTResearchers from Canada, South Africa and Italy have identified a new gene that can lead to sudden death among young people and athletes.The gene,...
Cardiac arrest patients do better if taken immediately to a specialist heart center supriya kashyap kashyap6 April 2017 12:48 PM ISTPeople who suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital have a better chance of survival if they are taken immediately to a specialist heart centre...
Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in cardiac arrest (CAAM) supriya kashyap kashyap1 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTBarcelona: Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, according to late-breaking...
Heat Stroke Manifesting as Cardiac Arrest and Multi-Organ Failure Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTThis is a case of a 23-year-old Bangladeshi young man who was working on an offshore oil rig based in Kuwaitas a manual labour. He had a cardiac...
MRI may predict neurological outcomes for cardiac arrest survivors Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Oct 2017 7:10 PM ISTMRI-based measurements of the functional connections in the brain can help predict long-term recovery in patients who suffer neurological disability...
Sex is not a cause of sudden cardiac arrest Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTSexual activity is rarely associated with sudden cardiac arrest, a life-threatening malfunction of the heart's electrical system causing the heart to...
New tool predicts risk of heart attack in older surgery patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Dec 2017 7:10 PM ISTA tool designed to more accurately predict the risk of heart attack in older patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery works significantly better than...
Lifesaving CPR for 60 mins saves 45 year old Mumbaikar Ruby khatun khatun24 Jan 2018 7:02 PM ISTMulund, Mumbai: A 45yr old woman, working with the Income Tax Department, was on her way to work on a Friday morning. While waiting to board the...
