New tool developed to stop HIV transmission Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli17 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTHIV infects the body by corrupting T cells that are mobilized by the immune system when the virus enters a person's body. When the T cells stay...
Some rheumatoid arthritis Treatments linked to Improvement in BP Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 April 2018 7:10 PM ISTBaker et.al conducted a study to evaluate the effect of disease-modifying therapies for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on systolic and diastolic blood...
Use of antimalarial drug speeds up recovery of a 60-year-old cancer patient Medha Baranwal Baranwal23 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTA recently published interesting case in the journal cancer medical science has cited a case, where a patient with advanced ovarian cancer had a...
Present day relevance of age old drug-Hydroxychloroquine Medha Baranwal Baranwal13 Jun 2018 8:10 PM ISTDr.Eugen Alexander Shippey III and colleagues have written an article about the role and relevance of Hydroxychloroquine, primarily an anti-malarial...
RCO Guidelines for Screening and Management of Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Aug 2018 7:03 PM ISTThe Royal College of Ophthalmologists has released its latest guidelines for Screening and Management of Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy. Retinopathy...
Case of persistent swollen eyelids for 3 years - Lancet Vinay Singh singh30 Oct 2018 6:00 PM ISTAn interesting case of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) with persistently swollen eyelids appeared in the journal The Lancet. Yuka Maya and...
IIT researches find Hydroxychloroquine effective against against Zika Virus Hina Zahid29 Jan 2019 8:10 PM ISTA team led by Dr Rajanish Giri, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology,Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Mandi has found Hydroxychloroquine to...
Rare case of Hydroxychloroquine induced Retinal Toxicity reported Hina Zahid29 April 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr.Cinthia Proano, at Watts Eye Associates, Newburyport, MA has reported a rare case of Hydroxychloroquine Retinal Toxicity. The case has appeared in...
Case of Bull’s-Eye Maculopathy Associated with long term use of hydroxychloroquine Hina Zahid30 April 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr. Yasha S. Modi and Rishi P. Singh, at Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, OH have reported a rare case of Bull’s-Eye Maculopathy due to...
Hydroxychloroquine as good as SGLT-2 inhibitors as add on therapy to lower blood sugar Deepanjana Sarkar1 May 2019 8:28 PM ISTHydroxychloroquine is as good as SGLT-2 inhibitors (sodium-glucose transport inhibitors)as an add on treatment for lowering blood sugar and HbA1c in...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Complicated by Myositis and Vasculitic Neuropathy: A rare link Deepanjana Sarkar10 Jun 2019 6:00 PM ISTThe case of 36-year-old rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient who was diagnosed with myositis and vasculitic neuropathy was published in the Journal of...
Vitamin D supplementation may help treat refractory chronic urticaria: a case report Hina Zahid5 July 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Irene Yuan at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA and colleagues have reported a case of Vitamin D supplementation treating...
