Antidepressants largely ineffective in musculoskeletal pain, finds BMJ study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Jan 2021 7:21 AM ISTAntidepressants are being widely used for chronic back pain and hip and knee osteoarthritis.When first-line pain medications such as paracetamol and...
Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease Hina Zahid21 Jan 2021 7:15 AM ISTOne of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is doctors' inability to predict which newly hospitalized patients will go on to develop...
Benvitimod cream: a new topical treatment for plaque psoriasis Hina Zahid20 Jan 2021 6:15 PM ISTPsoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by erythematous (red) patches and plaques. In some patients, psoriasis may be...
Rivaroxaban and Aspirin combo reduces vascular risk in Lower Extremity PAD: JAMA Dr. Nandita Mohan20 Jan 2021 6:00 PM ISTResearchers have recently observed that treatment with rivaroxaban and aspirin in combination compared with aspirin alone led to a large absolute...
Pregnant women should consider taking the COVID-19 vaccine Hina Zahid20 Jan 2021 5:15 PM ISTThe question of whether pregnant women should receive the COVID-19 vaccine is a rather basic one for Dr. Linda Eckert, an UW Medicine obstetrician and...
Vitamin D supplementation improves blood sugar after knee surgery in elderly: Study Medha Baranwal20 Jan 2021 11:45 AM ISTSwitzerland: Vitamin D primarily known to promote bone mineralization has also been implicated as having a role in the development of diabetes. In the...
BP lowering effects of renal denervation maintained upto 1 year with fewer medicines: JACC Medha Baranwal20 Jan 2021 11:15 AM ISTDelhi: With fewer prescribed antihypertensive medications, the BP lowering effect of endovascular ultrasound renal denervation (RDN) was maintained at...
Hypertension increases risk and severity of Epistaxis, Study finds Dr. Nandita Mohan20 Jan 2021 11:00 AM ISTResearchers have recently found that patients with hypertension have an increased risk of epistaxis requiring hospital visits, as published in the...
Maternal opioid-related diagnoses and neonatal abstinence syndrome on the rise: JAMA Medha Baranwal20 Jan 2021 11:00 AM ISTUSA: The rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and maternal opioid-related diagnoses (MOD) has increased significantly from 2010 to 2017 in the...
Melatonin effectively reduces preoperative anxiety: Cochrane Medha Baranwal20 Jan 2021 6:45 AM ISTDelhi: Melatonin, when given before surgery helps in effective anxiety reduction compared to placebo, according to a recent Cochrane review. However,...
PPI use increases risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection MD Bureau20 Jan 2021 6:45 AM ISTClostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recurrent CDI is common, with between 20% to 35% of...
Eating habits partly down to your genetics, finds new study Hina Zahid19 Jan 2021 5:15 PM ISTYour food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, according to the latest research from researchers at King's College London, published...
