Is it time to revise standard cut off of 300 ng/dL for testosterone deficiency in young men? Medha Baranwal1 Nov 2022 7:30 PM ISTUSA: A recent study in the Journal of Urology has suggested that age-specific testosterone cutoffs and reference ranges should be used for evaluating...
High levels of lipoprotein(a) and hsCRP tied to increased risk of cardiovascular events Dr. Manav Aggarwal31 Oct 2022 10:15 AM ISTChina: In coronary artery disease (CAD) patients undergoing PCI, a high level of lipoprotein(a) is associated with worse outcomes, and in those with...
Presence of parietal edema increases risk of ascitic fluid leak after paracentesis in liver cirrhosis patients Medha Baranwal25 Oct 2022 8:00 PM ISTMumbai: A minority of patients with cirrhosis develop persistent leaks after paracentesis, research published in the Journal of Clinical and...
Stress hyperglycemia ratio predicts in-hospital mortality in CAD patients: Study Medha Baranwal25 Oct 2022 9:45 AM ISTChina: In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) is significantly associated with in-hospital mortality, a...
Vitamin D deficiency tied to dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes complicated with obesity and CAD: Study Dr Kartikeya Kohli22 Oct 2022 12:30 PM ISTSaudi Arabia: In type 2 diabetes, the deficiency status of vitamin D was shown to be associated with dyslipidemia, particularly those complicated with...
Fine-Needle Biopsy: A reliable test for thyroid cancer diagnosis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Oct 2022 8:00 PM ISTMadison: According to a research that was published in JAMA Surgery, Fine-Needle Biopsy is still a promising method for detecting thyroid cancer....
Single serum progesterone level may help predict viability of pregnancy: Study Medha Baranwal21 Oct 2022 7:30 PM ISTCanada: Thirty percent of pregnancies are complicated by pain and bleeding, raising concerns for viability. A recent study in the Canadian Journal of...
TyG-BMI and METS-IR best parameters for predicting hypertension risk in diabetics: Study Medha Baranwal18 Oct 2022 11:00 AM ISTGermany: A recent study published in Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome has shown triglyceride-glucose index with body mass index (TyG-BMI) and...
Menstrual pad method clinically effective for testing of HPV: Study Jacinthlyn Sylvia18 Oct 2022 9:45 AM ISTUSA: A new study by Sara Naseri and colleagues, published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology shows that the findings from the...
C-peptide has bidirectional association with CV risk in nondiabetic and newly diagnosed diabetes patients Medha Baranwal10 Oct 2022 9:45 AM ISTChina: Research published in Cardiovascular Diabetology has suggested a bidirectional effect of C-peptide on cardiovascular (CV) risk in nondiabetic...
GlucoCheck- Novel non-invasive blood sugar monitoring process may ease testing in diabetes patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Oct 2022 7:30 PM ISTUSA: Researchers have developed a non-invasive process GlucoCheck, that can identify exact value of blood glucose with 90% accuracy without taking a...
Study identifies NMI as novel biomarker of severity in community-acquired pneumonia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 Sept 2022 10:00 AM ISTCHINA: According to a study published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research, NMI (N-myc and STAT interactor) can serve as a novel predictive biomarker for...
