No iron benefit from eating placenta, study finds supriya kashyap kashyap7 Nov 2016 10:23 AM ISTA research team led by UNLV medical anthropologists found that eating encapsulated human placenta, a practice known as placentophagy, may not be as...
New quick, portable test for iron, vitamin A deficiency could save lives Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Dec 2017 7:15 PM ISTCornell University engineers and nutritionists have created a swift solution for a challenging global health problem: a low-cost, rapid test to detect...
Ferric carboxymaltose most effective therapy for GI-related iron deficiency anemia Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Aug 2018 8:35 PM ISTFerric carboxymaltose (FCM) is an effective treatment for the patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) who have gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and...
Only 53% of RBC transfusions for Iron deficiency Anaemia appropriate, finds study Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Aug 2018 7:10 PM ISTOnly 53% of RBC transfusions for Iron deficiency Anaemia appropriate, finds a new study.Therefore implementation of simple educational and practical...
Case of Classical Koilonychia in Iron-Deficiency Anemia Hina Zahid23 Sept 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr Samad Ghaffari at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran and colleagues have reported a Case of Classical Koilonychia in...
Study confirms PPIs increase risk of Iron deficiency Vinay Singh singh16 Oct 2018 7:25 PM ISTA new study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine reports an association between some treatments of heartburn and iron deficiency. The study...
Higher iron linked to increased stroke risk Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Oct 2018 8:28 PM ISTA new study published in the journal Stroke has found that people with high levels of iron are associated with an increased risk of stroke and, in...
New Smartphone App That measures Hemoglobin levels , detects anaemia Vinay Singh singh14 Dec 2018 8:20 PM ISTHaemoglobin levels can now be easily measured and anaemia detected through a smartphone device. A new study published in Nature Communications has...
Effect of vitamins and mineral deficiency on hair loss-Check it out Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 Dec 2018 7:20 PM ISTPeople often inquire about the role of minerals and vitamin supplements as a means for the prevention of hair loss. Owing to the enormous and...
Iron Therapy reduces disease severity in restless legs syndrome Medha Baranwal Baranwal27 Jan 2019 8:10 PM ISTUSA: Iron therapy may improve both disease severity, as well as restlessness in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS), compared to placebo,...
Over years fast food has greater variety, but more salt, larger portions, added calories Hina Zahid4 March 2019 7:05 PM ISTPast thirty-year history of fast food reveals that there is a greater variety nowadays but on the flipside, it has become more unhealthy with larger...
Intravenous iron better than Oral Iron in Iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy Deepanjana Sarkar24 March 2019 7:25 PM ISTIron reserves in the body increase better with Intravenous iron sucrose (IVIS) in comparison to Oral Iron (OI) therapy, treating iron deficiency in...
