Frailty tied to 48 percent higher mortality risk in AF patients on anticoagulants Medha Baranwal24 April 2023 8:00 PM ISTBelgium: A recent study published in the European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes showed frailty as an independent risk factor...
High sensitivity cardiac troponin T could help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 April 2023 8:00 PM ISTUK: A recent study published in PLOS One explored the clinical utility of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), a cardiac injury biomarker,...
Perturbation-based balance training reduces fall risk in adults: JAMA Jacinthlyn Sylvia24 April 2023 6:00 PM ISTA new study by Jens Eg Nørgaard and team found a statistically significant of 22% decrease in daily-life fall rates in subjects who underwent an...
Potential treatment of long COVID fatigue revealed in new Trial Medha Baranwal24 April 2023 6:00 PM ISTUK: A study published in Lancet eClinical Medicine has reported findings from a Phase 2 clinical trial examining the efficacy of an investigational...
Ritlecitinib safe treatment option for alopecia areata in adults and adolescents: Lancet Medha Baranwal24 April 2023 11:30 AM ISTUSA: A recent study published in The Lancet has projected ritlecitinib to be an appropriate treatment option for alopecia areata in individuals who...
Increased uric acid to HDL-C ratio predicts elevated metabolic risk in diabetes patients Medha Baranwal24 April 2023 11:30 AM ISTChina: A recent study has found a positive association between uric acid/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (UHR) and visceral fat area (VFA)...
Hyperuricemia in obese patients associated with lower lumbar bone mineral density Jacinthlyn Sylvia24 April 2023 11:15 AM ISTA new study by Yi Zhang and team showed that in obese people, lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) was adversely correlated with hyperuricemia (HU). The...
Doxycycline prophylaxis prevents bacterial STIs in Men who have sex with men Dr.Niharika Harsha B24 April 2023 10:00 AM ISTNew research revealed that there was a two-thirds reduction in the combined incidence of gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis with doxycycline...
Long COVID Severity May Be Similar To Flu: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan24 April 2023 9:45 AM ISTLong Covid appears to manifest as a post-viral syndrome of no greater incidence or severity than seasonal influenza, finds new research. However, the...
Broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis ok for reducing surgical site infection after pancreatic surgery Medha Baranwal24 April 2023 9:30 AM ISTUSA: The findings from a phase 3 trial featured in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) support using piperacillin-tazobactam as...
Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer's proteins Isra Zaman24 April 2023 9:30 AM ISTAlzheimer's disease begins when plaques of the protein amyloid beta start building up in the brain. After years of amyloid accumulation, a second...
New drug may help prevent migraine for difficult cases Isra Zaman24 April 2023 9:00 AM ISTAtogepant is a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist, or CGRP inhibitor. CGRP is a protein that plays a key role in starting the...
