Vitamin C may shorten mechanical ventilation duration in critical care patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 Feb 2020 3:52 PM ISTHELSINKI: A recent meta-analysis indicated that vitamin C may shorten the length of ICU stay and the duration of mechanical ventilation. The...
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...
Sedation may not improve survival in ventilated ICU patients: NON-SEDA trial Medha Baranwal19 Feb 2020 4:15 PM ISTDenmark: Mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU who received no sedation had similar 90-day mortality compared to the patients who were assigned...
Metronidazole addition improves treatment of acute PID in women Medha Baranwal19 Feb 2020 3:27 PM ISTUSA: Metronidazole should be routinely added to ceftriaxone and doxycycline for the treatment of women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a...
Medicinal cannabis may not reduce sleep problems in the long run Hina Zahid19 Feb 2020 1:05 PM ISTMedical cannabis (MC) is increasingly being used for the treatment of chronic pain symptoms. Among patients, there is also a growing preference for...
Increased water intake may not prevent primary formation of kidney stones: Cochrane Review Medha Baranwal18 Feb 2020 6:00 PM ISTChina: Drinking more water may reduce the risk of kidney stones coming back, according to a recent Cochrane Review. Also, it may prolong the time it...
Eplerenone not beneficial for treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy: Lancet Medha Baranwal18 Feb 2020 5:30 PM ISTUK: Eplerenone, a drug widely used for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR), is not beneficial and should no longer be used, a...
Low-dose methotrexate linked to increased adverse events in some Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 Feb 2020 4:56 PM ISTUSA: Methotrexate is the most commonly used drug for systemic rheumatic diseases worldwide and the recommended first-line agent for rheumatoid...
Single HPV vaccine dose as effective as multiple doses against cervical cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 Feb 2020 4:21 PM ISTTexas: A single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is as effective as multiple doses for the prevention of preinvasive cervical disease,...
Ankylosing spondylitis patients are at higher risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Medha Baranwal18 Feb 2020 4:07 PM ISTTaiwan: Patients with newly diagnosed ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are at a 2.8-fold higher risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than the...
Brain Scan may predict response of antidepressant in depression patients Medha Baranwal18 Feb 2020 4:06 PM ISTUSA: The researchers in a new study, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, have discovered a neural signature that can predict which...
Green tea extract and exercise combo may reduce fatty liver disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 Feb 2020 3:12 PM ISTUSA: Penn State researchers have found that the combination of green tea extract and exercise reduced the severity of obesity-related fatty liver...
