BCG vaccine offers protection from Lung Cancer, reports 60-year follow-up of a clinical trial Deepanjana Sarkar25 Sept 2019 8:10 PM ISTIn a 60 years follow-up clinical trial, scientists have come up with surprising results which shows that childhood bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination...
Type 2 diabetes: New oral drug on the horizon! Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 Sept 2019 2:14 PM ISTImeglimin could be a new treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes either as mono-or add-on therapy, reveal results from a phase 3 study....
Baricitinib effective for treating moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, reveal clinical trial results Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Sept 2019 7:30 PM ISTBaricitinib, an oral JAK inhibitor, has met its primary endpoint for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in adults, in...
Aspirin not recommended for healthy elderly: ESC 2019 Update Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Aug 2019 5:26 PM ISTDaily low-dose aspirin cannot be recommended in healthy people over 70 – even in those at the greatest cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to...
Rimegepant new effective treatment of acute migraine, finds clinical Trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 July 2019 8:20 PM ISTRimegepant (rimegepant Zydis) for the acute treatment of migraine, has returned positive results in phase 3 clinical trial. The drug at present is...
Tofacitinib monotherapy effective in rheumatoid arthritis after methotrexate withdrawal Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Jun 2019 7:25 PM ISTTreatment with tofacitinib extended-release monotherapy was noninferior to tofacitinib extended release plus methotrexate at 48 weeks in patients with...
White meat raises LDL cholesterol as much as red meat, finds APPROACH clinical trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli5 Jun 2019 8:30 PM ISTWhite meat raises LDL cholesterol as much as red meat, finds APPROACH clinical trial.A new study has found that even saturated fats from white meat...
Statins effective in rheumatoid arthritis patients at high risk of heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli16 April 2019 7:28 PM ISTStatins are effective and safe in rheumatoid arthritis patients at high risk of heart attack, finds a new TRACE RA trial.Statins are prescribed for...
New drug shows promising results to combat deadly superbug Candida auris Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 April 2019 8:28 PM ISTDELHI: By now you all must have learned about Candida Auris being a new deadly fungal multi drug-resistant superbug which is expected to grip the...
Tamsulosin not useful in expulsion of small Ureteral Stones : JAMA Vinay Singh singh25 Jun 2018 7:10 PM ISTThe use of tamsulosin for symptomatic ureteral stones smaller than 9 mm does not significantly increase the stone passage rate, according to a study...
Stanford-led clinical trial shows broader benefits of acute-stroke therapy Ruby khatun khatun27 Jan 2018 8:00 PM ISTA 38-center clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has...
Reproxalap as effective as topical steroids in noninfectious anterior uveitis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Dec 2017 7:15 PM ISTNew statistical analyses of the results of a randomized, multi-center, investigator-masked, comparator-controlled, parallel-group Phase 2 clinical...
