Questions you must know about fasting before blood tests Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Sept 2017 4:50 PM ISTThe doctors may usually ask patients to give fasting blood for testing as fasting is required before commonly ordered tests for glucose (blood sugar)...
FDA warns Biotin may interfere with Lab Tests including Troponin Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Nov 2017 7:17 PM ISTMany lab tests use biotin technology due to its ability to bond with specific proteins which can be measured to detect certain health conditions. For...
Multivitamins in pregnancy linked to lower autism risk in children : BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTEvidence not yet sufficient to change practice but findings warrant further investigation, say researchers.Taking multivitamins during early pregnancy...
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements –What Clinicians Need to Know : JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTDr.JoAnn E. Manson has very beautifully outlined various aspects of use of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in an article published online in JAMA with...
50 percent of parents deploy unscientific methods for cold prevention in kids Hina Zahid22 Jan 2019 7:25 PM ISTFor prevention of cold about 50% of parents employ methods in kids that have no scientific basis,finds a new study conducted y researchers at C.S....
FDA warning- Supplement pills can choke elders to death Medha Baranwal Baranwal21 Aug 2019 7:20 PM ISTUSA: People are increasingly becoming dependent on supplements these days in a bid to fulfil all their requirements. Also, the large size of the...
Guest Column: Recommending Multi vitamins, Natural Supplements – Through the Scientific Spectacle Dr Jeegar Dattani28 April 2019 7:03 PM ISTA great scientist, Thomas Edison had once wisely predicted along these lines- “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with...
Most kids' multivitamin brands misleading, don't contain recommended Vitamin D dose Hina Zahid25 Feb 2019 7:20 PM ISTMost kids' multivitamin products don't contain the recommended daily Vitamin D dose. Only a few such multivitamin products have recommended daily...
