Diabetes drug may help some patients beat breast cancer: study savita thakur thakur6 Jun 2016 2:57 PM ISTNEW YORK: A drug commonly used as the front-line treatment for Type-2 diabetes improves survival for some breast cancer patients, says a study.For the...
Closure Not Recommended for People with Heart Defect and Stroke: American Academy of Neurology supriya kashyap kashyap1 Oct 2016 9:00 AM ISTAn updated recommendation from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) states that catheter-based closure should not be routinely recommended for...
fMRI brain scans can spot lies better than polygraph test supriya kashyap kashyap6 Nov 2016 10:04 AM ISTNew York : Scanning people's brains with functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, is significantly more effective way to spot lies than a...
Glowing tumors help operate brain cancer better supriya kashyap kashyap20 Nov 2016 9:49 AM ISTAn experimental cancer imaging tool that makes tumors glow brightly during surgery has shown promise again in a new Penn Medicine clinical study, this...
New Research yields hope for amyloidosis supriya kashyap kashyap6 Dec 2016 9:03 AM ISTTwo new treatments are showing promise and overall survival is on the rise for AL amyloidosis, according to a series of studies involving researchers...
Two years, multiple doctors often needed to diagnose polycystic ovary syndrome, study shows supriya kashyap kashyap10 Jan 2017 10:30 AM ISTPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder and most common cause of infertility affecting 9 to 18 percent of women around...
Testosterone treatment improves bone density and anemia, may lead to cardiac risk : JAMA supriya kashyap kashyap22 Feb 2017 10:07 AM ISTIt is commonly known that testosterone levels decrease as men age, but until last year, little was known about the effects of testosterone treatment...
Clinical trial shows benefit of yoga for side effects of prostate cancer treatment supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 3:41 PM ISTMen who attended a structured yoga class twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment reported less fatigue and better sexual and urinary...
Obese women less likely to suffer from dangerous preeclampsia complications: ACOG supriya kashyap kashyap7 May 2017 1:25 PM ISTSan Diego : Despite having higher rates of preeclampsia, a dangerous high-blood pressure disorder of late pregnancy, obese women may be less than half...
Pregnant woman twice as likely to be a victim of an assault-related trauma , Penn study finds supriya kashyap kashyap8 May 2017 9:42 AM ISTSan Diego : Studies have found that one in six pregnant women have been abused by a partner beaten, stabbed, shot, or even murdered. New research...
US task force recommends against thyroid cancer screening supriya kashyap kashyap11 May 2017 11:23 AM ISTMiami : Screening for thyroid cancer is not recommended for adults with no symptoms, because there is no evidence it boosts survival and can lead to...
Ablation for atrial fibrillation safe,effective in congenital heart disease: Penn study supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2017 12:04 PM ISTPHILADELPHIA--Congenital heart disease (CHD) includes a range of defects that occur in the heart which patients are born with, such as a hole in the...
