Medical Bulletin 02/December/2023
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High-doses of Covid medicines not effective in India than Europe
According to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia journal higher doses of the COVID-19 drug, dexamethasone, may have less beneficial effects for patients in India as compared with those in Europe,
The researchers in the study evaluated how strong dose of dexamethasone worked for COVID-19 patients. It considered factors like patient differences and health systems.
Their team, including researchers from Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Denmark found that bigger dose of dexamethasone (12 mg) did not seem to be as good as the usual dose (6 mg) for COVID-19 patients in India.
Reference: The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia
6 hours or more/day of sedentary leisure time to double the risk of fibroids
Sedentary behaviour is associated with tumours that rely on the female hormone oestrogen, such as endometrial, ovarian, and breast cancers; uterine fibroids are also fuelled by oestrogen. Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumours in women of childbearing age, varying in prevalence from 4.5% to 69%, say the researchers.
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