Loss of oestrogen production not age at menopause compromises heart health Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Feb 2020 8:15 AM ISTPreviously published research suggests that the age at which the menopause starts is linked to a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease,...
SCTIMST develops Nitinol-based Occlusion device for Non-surgical closure of Artial Septal Defect Medical Dialogues Bureau25 Feb 2020 4:34 PM ISTTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST) , Institution of National Importance under the...
FDA approves heart and lung support system for critically-ill patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Feb 2020 9:40 AM ISTWALTHAM- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Novalung®, a heart and lung support system for the treatment of acute respiratory or...
Amlodipine has lower gout risk compared to other antihypertensives: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Feb 2020 9:15 AM ISTGout is a common complication of blood pressure management and a frequently cited cause of medication nonadherence. Some blood pressure-lowering drugs...
Plaque identifying toothpaste may reduce hs-CRP and prevent heart attack Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Feb 2020 1:44 PM IST Oral infection, especially periodontitis, may affect the course and pathogenesis of a number of systemic diseases, such as cardiovascular...
Controlling Cholesterol: FDA approves Nexletol- FIRST once daily, non-statin treatment for familial hypercholesterolemia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 Feb 2020 12:47 PM ISTIt is the first oral, once-daily, Non-Statin LDL-Cholesterol lowering medicine approved in the U.S. in nearly 20 Years for indicated patients.
People with high vitamin B12 levels are more likely to die early: JAMA Medha Baranwal21 Feb 2020 5:51 PM ISTNetherlands: People with higher blood levels of vitamin B12 are at an increased risk of early death, a recent study in the journal JAMA Network Open...
Varenicline safe for smoking cessation finds a large study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Feb 2020 5:15 PM ISTCanada: A real-world study of over 600,000 adult participants without a history of depression has found that the stop-smoking medication varenicline...
SCTIMST Develops Affordable Aortic Stent Graft and its Delivery System Medical Dialogues Bureau20 Feb 2020 6:00 PM ISTTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST) , Institution of National Importance under the...
Antioxidant in mushrooms may help relieve preeclampsia symptoms Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Feb 2020 3:56 PM ISTDenmark: Preeclampsia is a multifactorial hypertensive disorder of pregnancy founded on abnormal placentation, and the resultant placental ischemic...
Lower the Better, but Costlier: New LDL-C lowering guidelines may increase health costs Medha Baranwal20 Feb 2020 12:00 PM ISTThere is no lower limit of LDL cholesterol that is known to be unsafe and hence the lower the LDL cholesterol the better were the key recommendations...
Stent-related adverse events continue to accrue up to 5 years after PCI: JACC Medha Baranwal19 Feb 2020 5:30 PM ISTDelhi: Stent-related adverse events continue to accrue at a rate of about 2% per year from 1 to 5 years after the percutaneous coronary intervention...
