Probiotics can prevent from multiple cold attacks: Swedish study MD Bureau25 Dec 2020 9:21 PM ISTA recent randomised controlled Swedish study suggests probiotics (L. plantarum HEAL9 and L. paracasei 8700:2 - Probi Defendum®) can be protective...
Increased meat consumption associated with symptoms of childhood asthma Hina Zahid24 Dec 2020 5:45 PM ISTSubstances present in cooked meats are associated with increased wheezing in children, Mount Sinai researchers report. Their study, published in...
No vertical transmission from women to newborns in third trimester: JAMA Hina Zahid24 Dec 2020 4:15 PM ISTNo vertical- mother to baby transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, occurred in a study of 64 pregnant women with confirmed COVID,...
Lung ultrasound bests X ray for diagnosing neonatal pneumothorax: Study Medha Baranwal24 Dec 2020 3:14 PM ISTChina: Lung ultrasound (LUS) has better sensitivity and specificity than chest X-ray and also took less time to perform for the diagnosis of...
UK COVID variant had 23 mutations in just months- Is it a cause of concern Medha Baranwal24 Dec 2020 1:59 PM ISTA new SARS-CoV-2 variant has been in the news since 14 December 2020, when the authorities of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
Amphotericin B improves key cystic fibrosis biomarkers in clinical study Hina Zahid24 Dec 2020 10:00 AM ISTCHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A drug widely used to treat fungal infections improved key biomarkers in lung tissue cultures as well as in the noses of patients...
Vitamin D alone cannot treat or prevent COVID-19, suggests NICE Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTLondon, UK: There is insufficient evidence that intake of vitamin D alone can prevent or treat COVID-19 infection, according to leading health bodies....
Diagnostic procedure for lung cancer has 17 percent complication rate: JAMA Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2020 10:15 AM ISTUSA: CT lung cancer screening exams results in complication rate of almost 17%, reveals a recent study. The study, published in the journal JAMA...
A potential antibiotic against drug resistant Mycobacteroides abscessus MD Bureau22 Dec 2020 9:18 PM ISTResearchers of Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a possible new antibiotic for Mycobacteroides abscessus that is notoriously...
Consumption of cooked meat tied to development of asthma in children: Study Hina Zahid22 Dec 2020 11:00 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new observational study that consumption of cooked meat was associated with development of asthma in children. In fact...
Study finds no significant association between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome Hina Zahid20 Dec 2020 1:26 PM ISTNeuroscientists at UCL have found no significant association between COVID-19 and the potentially paralysing and sometimes fatal neurological...
FDA approves osimertinib for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer Hina Zahid20 Dec 2020 7:45 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tagrisso (osimertinib) as the first adjuvant treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer...
