New treatment approaches to improve peritoneal dialysis supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTOne of the main functions of the kidneys is to filter metabolic products out of the blood. If the kidneys are no longer able to do this, the blood has...
New technique removes the cause of allergic asthma: Antibodies are suctioned off supriya kashyap kashyap6 March 2017 10:15 AM ISTAllergies are the commonest cause of asthma. The immune system over-reacts to harmless substances such as birch or grass pollen, for example, forming...
Women suffer from asthma symptoms more frequently and more severely than men supriya kashyap kashyap13 March 2017 10:13 AM ISTWomen suffer more frequently and more severely from pollen and food allergies and therefore also from asthma. Firstly, female sex hormones increase...
Taking a combination of painkillers and gastric protection damages the intestines supriya kashyap kashyap18 April 2017 11:31 AM ISTPatients with inflammatory diseases are often prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. They are also often prescribed a proton pump inhibitor...
New OCT technique provides better 3D imaging of the cellular structure of the eye Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Aug 2017 10:00 AM ISTOptical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution live imaging technique that can be used for early detection of retinal diseases, such as...
Biologic drug APOSEC offers possible new treatments for dermal wounds Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Aug 2017 10:30 AM ISTAPOSEC is a substance obtained from white blood corpuscles and was developed by a research group led by thoracic surgeon Hendrik Jan Ankersmit, Head...
Bowel cancer: New function of known biomarkers discovered supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2017 11:41 AM ISTEGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) are involved in the development and progression of many types of cancer and bowel cancer (colon carcinoma) in...
Atrial fibrillation more prevalent in dialysis patients than expected: Study supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jan 2017 12:14 PM ISTAtrial fibrillation, which is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is an important risk factor for strokes. A multi-centre study led by MedUni...
