Awake Prone Positioning on Endotracheal Intubation in Patients With COVID-19 not so effective: JAMA Isra Zaman18 May 2022 7:45 PM ISTIn patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure from COVID-19, prone positioning, compared with usual care without prone positioning, did not...
Estrogen treatment associated with reduced COVID deaths Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 May 2022 7:30 PM ISTA new paper in Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving hormone replacement therapy within six months of a...
Asymptomatic malaria suppresses immune system and must be treated: Study Isra Zaman18 May 2022 7:15 PM ISTIt is commonly thought that asymptomatic malaria infections decrease the chances of severe disease. Rather, the disease suppresses the immune system...
Greater triglyceride-glucose index variability tied to higher risk of cardiovascular disease Medha Baranwal18 May 2022 10:45 AM ISTChina: A higher level of triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and greater TyG variability are both independently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular...
5-7 hours of sleep per day lowers mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes: Study Medha Baranwal18 May 2022 10:30 AM ISTTaiwan: A recent study in the journal Cardiovascular Diabetology has revealed a J-shaped association between increased all-cause and expanded CVD...
Antibiotic use a risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease in elderly Dr. Nandita Mohan18 May 2022 10:15 AM ISTThe more antibiotics prescribed to patients 60 and older, the more likely they were to develop inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting antibiotic use...
FDA approves third dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids between 5 to 11 years Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 May 2022 9:21 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include the use...
COPD causes premature aging of the immune system, study suggests Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 May 2022 8:30 PM ISTA study conducted at the University of Sao Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, with results reported in an article published in the journal...
Abnormal ALT levels, ICU admission linked to liver injury in patients receiving IV tigecycline Medical Dialogues Editorial Team17 May 2022 8:00 PM ISTChina: Abnormal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) at baseline, ICU admission, and treatment duration were all independently linked with an elevated risk...
Albuterol and budesonide combo reduces risk of severe asthma exacerbations: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 May 2022 8:00 PM ISTA global study of asthma patients by Rutgers and an international team of researchers found a combination of two drugs dramatically reduces the...
Botulinum toxin injection effective against laryngeal contact granuloma: Study Medical Dialogues Editorial Team17 May 2022 8:00 PM ISTChina: In a new study conducted by Yufei Pan and the team, it was shown that injection of thyroarytenoid botulinum toxin is an excellent treatment for...
Psoriasis patients are at increased risk of severe and uncommon infections, says study Medical Dialogues Editorial Team17 May 2022 7:30 PM ISTDenmark: When the severity of psoriasis worsens, the chance of serious and uncommon infections increases proportionally, says an article published...
