New Soft "sweat stickers" may streamline diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in children Hina Zahid3 April 2021 5:30 AM ISTCystic fibrosis is diagnosed in infants by use of sweat testing as elevated chloride concentrations in sweat are indicative of cystic fibrosis. The...
Controlling Metabolic Syndrome Improves Asthma Symptoms, claims study MD Bureau2 April 2021 6:45 AM ISTAsthma is a major global health issue that burdens people from all regions of the world. It was estimated that 334 million patients are suffering from...
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 100% efficacious in adolescents, finds trial Medha Baranwal1 April 2021 2:30 PM ISTUSA: BNT162b2 vaccine has demonstrated 100% efficacy and robust antibody responses in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years of age with or without prior...
AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't protect against South African variant of COVID-19, shows trial Medha Baranwal1 April 2021 9:30 AM ISTSouth Africa: Results from a phase 1b-2 clinical trial showed two-dose regimen of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine to be ineffective...
Short Antibiotic Therapy good enough for Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Lancet MD Bureau31 March 2021 9:23 AM ISTDuration of antibiotic therapy is a key decision in the management of community-acquired pneumonia. In a recent study, researchers have found that...
In asthma patients adherence to biologics higher than inhaled corticosteroids: Study Medha Baranwal27 March 2021 10:49 AM ISTNot much is known about adherence to asUSA: Asthma patients have a higher adherence to asthma biologic therapy than to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS),...
Lung ultrasound with patients'characteristics can accurately identify COVID-19 pneumonia Medha Baranwal26 March 2021 8:30 PM ISTItaly: Lung ultrasound (LUS) patterns of probability together with clinical phenotypes at presentation can help in rapid identification of patients...
New CPR technique renders safety in times of COVID-19 Medha Baranwal26 March 2021 11:28 AM ISTGermany: Leg-heel chest compression may be an effective alternative to manual chest compression in present scenario of COVID-19 pandemic, finds a...
Binding iron improves the effect of anti-TB drug Bedaquiline, find researchers Hina Zahid25 March 2021 10:30 AM ISTAlthough Tuberculosis, or TB, killed nearly as many people as COVID-19 (approx. 1.8 million) in 2020, it did not receive as much media and public...
Iron Chelators effective adjunctive therapy for Tuberculosis patients, Study says Dr. Nandita Mohan23 March 2021 10:09 PM ISTAccording to recent research, it has been found out that iron chelators may prove an effective adjunctive therapy in combination with current...
Progesterone therapy may improve COVID-19 outcomes for men: Study Hina Zahid23 March 2021 5:45 AM ISTLOS ANGELES - COVID-19 disproportionately affects men compared with women, raising the possibility that a hormone like progesterone may improve...
Vaccines alone may not be enough to end pandemic Hina Zahid21 March 2021 5:31 PM ISTWASHINGTON - Even as vaccines are becoming more readily available in the U.S., protecting against the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic spread of the...
