Seasonal influenza vaccination cuts stillbirth risk by half supriya kashyap kashyap2 April 2016 11:13 AM ISTSydney : Women who receive seasonal influenza vaccine during pregnancy may have over 50 percent reduced risk of experiencing a stillbirth than...
Deficiency of Vitamin A ups tuberculosis risk by 10 times: Clinical Infectious Diseases Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jun 2017 11:46 AM ISTWashington D.C. Eat more carrots, spinach and broccoli, as a study warns that people with low levels of Vitamin A living in close contact with...
Low levels of vitamin A may fuel TB risk: Clinical Infectious Diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh3 July 2017 2:58 PM ISTPeople with low levels of vitamin A living with individuals sick with tuberculosis may be 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with...
Zika unlikely to get worse due to prior dengue fever: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 July 2017 9:21 AM ISTWASHINGTON: People who are infected by Zika virus after having dengue fever do not appear to become more severely ill than those who have never had...
Vaccinating mothers against whooping cough during pregnancy protects infants : Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTVaccinating mothers against whooping cough during pregnancy may prevent 9 out of 10 severe cases of this potentially fatal respiratory infection in...
IDSA Infectious Diarrhea guidelines recommend when to test, when to treat Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Oct 2017 7:15 PM ISTNew culture-independent tests are much more sensitive than traditional diagnostic methods in detecting the cause of infectious diarrhea, a significant...
Group B Streptococcus infection causes estimated 150,000 stillbirth & infant death Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTAn estimated one in five pregnant women around the world carries Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria which is a major, yet preventable, the cause of...
Smart Thermometer that can forecast Flu Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Feb 2018 8:00 PM ISTDr.Aaron Miller and associates at the University of Iowa have developed a smart thermometer in which thermometer data can be effectively used to...
First Quick Test for Diagnosing Candidiasis without Blood Culture Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA has cleared T2Candida Panel, first diagnostic test for candidemia that is quick and doesn’t require culturing a...
Concurrent HIV and MDR-tuberculosis treatment leads to better cure rate,survival Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 April 2018 7:10 PM ISTDr.Neel R. Gandhi, MD, associate professor at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health and the Emory School of Medicine and associates have found in...
Antibiotics warranted for kids with minor staph infections Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 Sept 2017 9:40 AM ISTThe overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated staph infections....
