USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Hormone Therapy After Menopause Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli13 Feb 2018 7:01 PM ISTUS Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated the 2012 recommendation on the use of menopausal hormone therapy for the primary prevention of...
New tech identifies biomarkers for many deadly diseases Medical Dialogues Bureau13 Feb 2018 7:25 PM ISTThere still are no good bio markers for many diseases that have high mortality.The Scientists have developed a way to identify bio markers for a wide...
Pimavanserin is new drug that controls symptoms of Alzheimer's disease psychosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Feb 2018 7:25 PM ISTThe researchers of University of Exeter Medical School, and found that pimavanserin significantly improves psychosis symptoms in patients of...
Alcohol use biggest preventable risk factor for dementia : Lancet Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTThe chronic alcohol use was increasing all over the world and The World Health Organization (WHO) defines chronic heavy drinking as consuming more...
People over 85 with high cholesterol have low risk of cognitive decline Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTDr.Jeremy Silverman, Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and associates conducted a study to assess whether marked...
Elderly patients on Levothyroxine may have increased mortality Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 March 2018 7:30 PM ISTSubclinical hypothyroidism is a very common situation when thyroid function is not normal but is not defined as a disease.Researchers from Israel have...
Beetroot compound may beat progress of Alzheimer's disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTMore than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, according to the National Institute on Aging. Its incidence rises with age, affecting one in...
Frailty, not old age - a risk factor for surgical complications Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 April 2018 7:15 PM ISTDr. Jennifer Watt, at the University of Toronto & colleagues, have found in a study that although surgeons often consider age when assessing...
Antiepileptic drugs increase risk of Alzheimer's and dementia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 April 2018 7:10 PM ISTThe researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, DZNE conducted a Study to evaluate the...
Deep brain stimulation in 82-year-old with Parkinson's Medical Dialogues Bureau12 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTMr. Rao, 82-year-old was suffering from Parkinson’s for 11 years. The disease progressively worsened in the last 3-4 years and he could not do his...
Prolonged Sitting may lead to poor memory Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTA sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle characterized by the absence of any physical activity. and its negative effects include obesity, backache, poor...
Anticholinergics linked to elevated risk of Dementia in elderly Vinay Singh singh27 April 2018 7:15 PM ISTLong-term use of some anticholinergic medications may enhance the risk of dementia - suggests a new study led by the University of East Anglia (UK)....
