People with severe gum disease twice at risk of high blood pressure: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 March 2021 9:45 AM ISTDALLAS - Previous studies have found an association between hypertension and periodontitis, however, research confirming the details of this...
Customized weight based enoxaparin dosage helps avoid coagulation complications: Study Dr Satabdi Saha30 March 2021 9:30 AM ISTIn a recent development, researchers have suggested that weight-based administration of prophylactic enoxaparin in postoperative patients , showed...
Diabetes drug Metformin, new weapon against HIV, finds study Hina Zahid30 March 2021 9:15 AM ISTCHAPEL HILL, NC - A team led by scientists at the UNC School of Medicine discovered an important vulnerability of the AIDS-causing retrovirus HIV, and...
Smoking and CVD tied to higher mortality in men compared to women; finds study Dr Satabdi Saha30 March 2021 9:00 AM ISTL i f e s t y l e a n d health factors may partially account for excess mortality in men compared with women, but residual variation remains...
Physical activity helps curb low-grade inflammation and chronic diseases in children Hina Zahid30 March 2021 8:59 AM ISTAccording to a recent Finnish study, accumulating more brisk and vigorous physical activity can curb adiposity-induced low-grade inflammation. The...
FDA allows marketing of Device to Improve Gait in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Hina Zahid30 March 2021 8:56 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized marketing of a new device indicated for use as a short-term treatment of gait deficit due to mild...
Heart attack diagnosis missed in women more often than in men, says study Hina Zahid30 March 2021 8:30 AM ISTChest pain is misdiagnosed in women more frequently than in men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021, an...
Empirical Antibiotic usage has no effect on healing of diabetic foot infections: Study Medha Baranwal29 March 2021 11:56 AM ISTPoland: Empiric antibiotic therapy use before targeted therapy and topical gentamycin use does not reduce healing time in patients...
PTSD associated with increased risk of heart disease in women veterans: JAMA Medha Baranwal29 March 2021 11:53 AM ISTUSA: PTSD increases the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in women veterans, finds a recent study in the journal JAMA Cardiology. This may...
Study links higher BMD with osteoarthritis but not rheumatoid arthritis Medha Baranwal29 March 2021 11:52 AM ISTChina: A recent study identified an association between lumbar BMD and osteoarthritis (OA) but not with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The findings...
Therapeutic bed can help keep preterm newborns' brain oxygen levels stable Hina Zahid29 March 2021 11:51 AM ISTA medical device that has been shown to manage pain among babies born preterm can also help keep their brain oxygen levels steady during medical...
More transfusions during pregnancy may lower intrauterine fetal death risk in SCD: Study Dr Satabdi Saha29 March 2021 11:15 AM ISTPregnancy in sickle cell disease is at very high risk. Many reports have documented a considerable maternal risk of morbidity and mortality and high...
