Convalescent Plasma Might not Benefit Hospitalised COVID Patients: Lancet MD Bureau18 May 2021 3:18 PM ISTDuring an epidemic caused by a novel virus, convalescent plasma is an appealing treatment because it might be available within weeks of the outbreak,...
Tocilizumab improved survival in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19: Lancet Medha Baranwal18 May 2021 9:00 AM ISTUK: Treatment with tocilizumab improved survival and other clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients hospitalized with hypoxia and systemic inflammation,...
Delayed antibiotic prescribing effective for most RTI Patients, Finds study Dr. Nandita Mohan18 May 2021 8:45 AM ISTAccording to recent research, it has been found out that delayed antibiotic prescribing is a safe and effective strategy for most patients,...
Antimicrobial therapy of not much benefit in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: JAMA Medha Baranwal17 May 2021 9:30 PM ISTUSA: The addition of co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) or doxycycline did not significantly improve time to nonrespiratory...
Low circulating ACE2 levels tied to severe COVID-19 infection in diabetics: Study Medha Baranwal17 May 2021 10:00 AM ISTChina: Diabetes patients with lower plasma levels of angiotensin-converting- enzyme 2 (ACE2) may be at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection,...
COVID-19 infection risk during dental procedures low, says study Medha Baranwal15 May 2021 9:30 AM ISTUSA: The risk for transmission of the SARS-COV-2 virus and other respiratory pathogens from aerosolized saliva is moderately low in dental...
Use of two different vaccines associated with more side effects: Lancet Medha Baranwal14 May 2021 11:48 AM ISTUK: People aged 50 and older who received doses of both the COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca/Oxford experienced more mild and...
Artificial Intelligence Tool Uses Chest X-ray to Differentiate Worst Cases of COVID-19 Hina Zahid13 May 2021 11:00 AM ISTTrained to see patterns by analyzing thousands of chest X-rays, a computer program predicted with up to 80 percent accuracy which COVID-19 patients...
Short Sleep Duration with or without insomnia Increases Risk of Comorbidities: Study MD Bureau12 May 2021 7:00 AM ISTSleep is crucial to human's health and essential for a person's wellbeing. It is involved in multiple physiological mechanisms, such as metabolism,...
NSAIDs Don't Worsen COVID 19 Outcomes, Study resolves controversy Dr Kartikeya Kohli11 May 2021 11:45 AM ISTEarly in the pandemic, it was suggested that pre-existing use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) could lead to increased disease...
One third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have lung changes after a year Hina Zahid11 May 2021 6:44 AM ISTA new study has shown that most patients discharged from hospital after experiencing severe COVID-19 infection appear to return to full health,...
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine effective against B.1.351 variant of South Africa: NEJM Dr Satabdi Saha9 May 2021 11:15 PM ISTIn a recent development, researchers have highlighted that the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine is efficacious in preventing Covid-19, caused specifically by ...
