Cardiac MRI a powerful prognostic tool in PAH patients, confirms review Medha Baranwal13 Oct 2020 1:30 PM ISTUK: Cardiac MRI (CMR) or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging seems to be a powerful prognostic marker in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and also...
Genetic testing can accurately detect lipoprotein(a) to assess high CVD risk: JAMA Meghna A Singhania8 Oct 2020 10:44 AM ISTGenetic risk assessment with lipoprotein(a) at middle-age can be done with direct measurement or an LPA GRS (genetic risk score).UK: Lipoprotein(a)...
A 10 mins at home test of COVID-19 may help detect asymptomatic carriers Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Oct 2020 9:51 AM ISTCaltech researchers have developed a new type of multiplexed test with a low-cost sensor that may enable the at-home diagnosis of a COVID infection in...
Galectin-3 can predict CVD risk in diabetes patients: ESC 2020 Medha Baranwal28 Sept 2020 7:00 PM ISTSpain: Plasma levels of galectin-3 can help in the prediction of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) suggests a recent study...
MD Laboratory Medicine gets recognition by MCI Board of Governors Garima24 Sept 2020 10:39 AM ISTNew Delhi: From now on, a new dimension of MD in Laboratory Medicine will be available to candidates wanting to pursue their PG medical course in the...
New microwave sensor may quickly monitor blood sugar without a prick Medha Baranwal20 Sept 2020 12:15 PM ISTFrance: The researchers have developed a novel design of a portable planar microwave sensor that could allow non-invasive monitoring of blood sugar...
Patient-reported passage of kidney stone may not have acceptable accuracy: Study Medha Baranwal16 Sept 2020 6:12 AM ISTCanada: Patient-reported stone passage and resolution of pain does not guarantee that the stone has truly passed, suggests a recent study in the...
Painless disposable paper patch test for screening prediabetes developed Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Sept 2020 11:15 AM ISTTokyo, Japan -- Researchers led by Beomjoon Kim at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have developed a patch of needles...
One-Hour OGTT as accurate as two hr OGTT for diabetes detection, finds study Medha Baranwal10 Sept 2020 11:45 AM ISTUSA: A 1-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is equally effective as a 2-hr OGTT for the prediction of type 1 diabetes (T1D) with minimal risk of...
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Sept 2020 11:16 AM ISTCHAMPAIGN - While RT-PCR remains the gold standard for performing clinical diagnostics to amplify the RNA sequences, there is an urgent need for...
Infertile men have higher PSA compared to fertile ones, says study Dr Satabdi Saha2 Sept 2020 10:30 AM ISTInfertile men are at greater risk for oncological and nononcological chronic disease than fertile individuals. Researchers have found in a new study...
New Blood test may predict risk of developing psychotic disorders, finds JAMA study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Aug 2020 9:57 AM ISTResearchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have discovered that testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can...
