Overweight twins may up diabetes risk supriya kashyap kashyap4 Aug 2016 2:13 PM ISTLondon : Twins with a higher body mass index (BMI) do not have an increased risk of heart attack or mortality, however, there is an increased risk of...
New tool developed for identifying diabetes patients with high risk of hypoglycemia Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Aug 2017 9:10 AM ISTA team led by Kaiser Permanente researchers has developed and validated a practical tool for identifying diabetes patients who are at the highest risk...
Do your patients really need that MRI ! Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli27 Sept 2017 10:20 AM ISTMagnetic Resonance Imaging, or MRI, is one of the safest and most comfortable ways of looking inside the body. MRI uses a powerful magnet and radio...
Warfarin associated with lower risk of new cancers in people above 50 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:25 PM ISTWarfarin is a widely used anticoagulant prescribed to as many as 10 percents of adults in Western countries. Studies disagree on whether warfarin is...
Noninvasive testing no better than Clinical Evaluation for low risk Acute Chest Pain Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Nov 2017 8:00 PM ISTThe results of Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial presented at the American Heart Association conference conclude that...
Women who Breastfeed have decreased risk of Diabetes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:28 PM ISTBreastfeeding for six months or longer cuts the risk of developing type 2 diabetes nearly in half for women throughout their childbearing years,...
Breast MRIs lead to more biopsies which detect fewer cancers : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTThe standard screening test for Breast Cancer is a mammogram which may be performed as [per guidelines.Some women – because of their family history,...
In Sinusitis antibiotic given for longer period against Guideline : JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli3 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTSinusitis is the most common condition for which outpatient antibiotic therapy is prescribed in the United States.Wherever antibiotics are indicated...
Foleys Aren’t Fun, they have risks : JAMA Vinay Singh singh4 July 2018 8:28 PM ISTIndwelling urethral catheter (Foley catheter) is important in caring for certain hospitalized patients but can also cause both infectious and...
Treating modestly high blood pressure doesn't boost survival odds : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Nov 2017 7:28 PM ISTBelow a certain starting threshold, using medication to reduce blood pressure in otherwise healthy people doesn't provide a clear survival benefit for...
Patients with HIV who smoke at greater risk for lung cancer mortality Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 Sept 2017 9:15 AM ISTA new article published in JAMA Internal Medicine projects risk of lung cancer death by smoking status among people living with human immunodeficiency...
