Rapid declines of resting heart rate after childhood predict CVD, finds study Hina Zahid15 April 2021 11:30 AM ISTWhile a slow resting heart rate is generally considered a good thing, investigators have some of the first evidence that if that rate decreases...
Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Young Children Reduces Adverse Outcomes: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan14 April 2021 10:15 AM ISTRecent research published in the Journal of Pediatrics has highlighted that delaying treatment until age 18 years results in an increased lifetime...
Saliva test may reveal genetic risk factors for paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder Hina Zahid13 April 2021 7:00 PM ISTResearchers at the University of Calgary and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), in Toronto, have discovered genetic risk factors for OCD that...
Early intervention after hospital discharge develops motor function in preterm infants: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan13 April 2021 7:15 AM ISTRecent research has noted that a home-based, post-discharge early intervention (EI) program was a practical approach to promote motor development...
Study predicts which kids hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus likely to worsen Hina Zahid12 April 2021 6:30 PM ISTChildren hospitalized with breathing problems due to a common viral lung infection are likely to get sicker and remain hospitalized if they have high...
Surgery for congenital heart disease tied to adult hypertension risk: JAMA Hina Zahid12 April 2021 10:15 AM ISTIn a medical records study covering thousands of children, a U.S.-Canadian team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concludes that while...
TENS and tPCS combo Improves lower limb spasticity in spastic cerebral palsy: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan11 April 2021 10:22 PM ISTAccording to recent research, it has been found out that combination of transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) and transcutaneous electrical...
Maternal Exposure to Endocrine Distruptors tied to Son's Infertility, Claims study MD Bureau11 April 2021 10:00 PM ISTA growing number of studies show that the environmental factors and lifestyle habits of pregnant women play an important role in the health of their...
Risk of Heart Failure Persists among preterm babies in their adulthood: Study MD Bureau9 April 2021 8:15 PM ISTThe past 30 years have seen major advances in the medical care of preterm neonates. For even the smallest and least mature infants (extremely preterm...
Early COVID-19 shot in pregnancy better for baby: Study Medha Baranwal9 April 2021 6:45 PM ISTUSA: Early COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women in their third trimester leads to better transfer of protective antibodies to the newborn baby than...
Topical Timolol safe but has limited benefit in Infantile hemangiomas: JAMA MD Bureau8 April 2021 7:16 PM ISTInfantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common benign tumours of infancy. Most IHs regress spontaneously without treatment, but complications needing...
Simple fetal heartbeat monitoring still best to reduce unnecessary cesarean sections Hina Zahid7 April 2021 6:45 PM ISTNewer is not always better; a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) led by researchers at the University of Warwick shows that simple...
