Metformin significantly lowers COVID-19 related mortality in diabetes patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Jan 2021 12:45 PM ISTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - COVID-19 is a growing pandemic with an increasing death toll that has been linked to various comorbidities as well as racial...
Inhaled Treprostinil effective in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to ILD: NEJM study MD Bureau14 Jan 2021 4:06 PM ISTPulmonary hypertension secondary to interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) is commonly encountered in clinical practice and linked to significant...
Laryngeal control therapy reduces need for asthma drugs in kids with PVFMD: Study Medha Baranwal13 Jan 2021 2:00 AM ISTUSA: Participation in laryngeal control therapy (LCT) reduces the use of asthma medication in pediatric patients with paradoxical vocal fold motion...
Icosapent Ethyl as supportive therapy in severe COVID-19 Pneumonia, a case series report MD Bureau11 Jan 2021 10:11 AM ISTThe new strain of coronavirus, labelled severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is at the heart of an ever-growing coronavirus...
Asthma associated with higher osteoporosis risk: Study Medha Baranwal10 Jan 2021 6:37 PM ISTKorea: Asthma patients are at increased risk of osteoporosis, the risk is higher for those with untreated asthma, according to a recent study...
Worsening symptoms in COPD may be due to concomitant PE finds JAMA study MD Bureau8 Jan 2021 3:54 PM ISTThe symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) overlap considerably, and the investigation of PE is often...
Ragweed tablets improve asthma symptoms in kids with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis: Study Medha Baranwal6 Jan 2021 3:00 PM ISTUSA: Ragweed sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets leads to better asthma outcome scores in pediatric patients with allergic...
Impaired cognition and physical impairment tied to higher death rates in COVID-19: JAMA Medha Baranwal6 Jan 2021 9:57 AM ISTUSA: Physical and cognitive impairments, male sex and older age are tied to higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients, show results from a cohort...
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial show 94.1 percent efficacy: NEJM study Hina Zahid2 Jan 2021 8:24 AM ISTBOSTON - A peer-reviewed paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine provides data from the much-anticipated COVE study, which evaluated...
Water soluble vitamin A has no significant effect on BPD in preterm infants: Study Dr Satabdi Saha1 Jan 2021 4:30 PM ISTAccording to recent findings of a study ,published in Pediatrics, Enteral water-soluble vitamin A supplementation improves plasma retinol levels in...
Patients with COPD at Increased Risk of Cognitive Impairment MD Bureau31 Dec 2020 4:45 PM ISTCOPD is associated with a series of comorbidities, including ischemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, lung cancer, and so on. In addition, a...
TAVR better than SAVR after mediastinal radiation for valve replacement: JACC Medha Baranwal31 Dec 2020 3:33 PM ISTUSA: TAVR has benefits over SAVR in patients who require valve replacement after undergoing mediastinal radiation, suggests a recent study in the...
