Cough and cold medications harmful to kids supriya kashyap kashyap17 March 2016 3:42 PM ISTToronto : Readily available over the counter cough and cold medications can do your kid more harm than good, warn Canadian researchers who have...
India fertile ground for Zika epidemic, says Lancet supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2016 9:55 AM ISTToronto : With 13 Indians already confirmed to have been infected with the Zika virus in Singapore, experts have more bad news to share. A new study...
MRI during first trimester may not affect foetus : JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 Sept 2016 1:28 PM ISTToronto : Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during the first trimester of woman's pregnancy does not increase the risk of baby's stillbirth, or death...
Eating beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils may help lose weight and keep it off supriya kashyap kashyap4 April 2017 11:43 AM ISTEating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss, a new study suggests.Eating about 3/4 cup (130...
Researchers discover MRI can measure kidney scarring and predict future kidney function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh31 Aug 2017 9:15 AM ISTResearchers from St. Michael's Hospital have made what are believed to be two world first discoveries: an MRI can measure kidney damage and can...
1 million child deaths AVOIDED in India since 2005 supriya kashyap kashyap20 Sept 2017 9:11 AM ISTToronto: India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005, driven by significant reductions in mortality from pneumonia,...
New HIV guideline outlines strategies for prevention in high-risk people Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTA new Canadian guideline outlines how new biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection can best be used in high-risk populations both before and...
Older adults who are frail twice likely to experience delirium postoperatively Anjali Nimesh Nimesh19 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTDr. Jennifer Watt and fellow researchers at St. Michael's Hospital according to the systematic review have found that older adults who are frail are...
Recommendations for in-flight medical emergencies for physicians Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli26 Feb 2018 7:16 PM ISTIn an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) practical tips for physicians on airplanes in a medical emergency have been...
Antidepressants increase mortality risk in COPD by 20 percent Vinay Singh singh26 Jun 2018 7:15 PM ISTPatients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)are at 20 percent increased risk of death and 15 percent increased risk of hospitalization...
Soy protein lowers Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and CVD risk Hina Zahid7 May 2019 8:28 PM ISTLow-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is termed as one of the risk factors for the increased atherosclerosis and development of cardiovascular...
Women smokers less likely to quit smoking compared to men: ESC Hina Zahid24 Oct 2019 7:25 PM ISTMontréal, Canada 26 Oct 2019: A research presented at the 2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) has found that women are half as likely to quit...
