Study shows protective role of sex steroids play in COVID-19 Hina Zahid1 Dec 2020 12:30 PM ISTA new paper from a UIC researcher shows evidence that suggests sex steroids may play a role in protecting against COVID-19 symptoms."Sex and Covid-19:...
Moderna applies for EUA for its vaccine candidate with FDA MD Bureau1 Dec 2020 9:45 AM ISTModerna submitted its application for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its COVID 19 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273 to US Food and Drug...
Hormonal contraceptives reduce asthma risk in women: Study Medha Baranwal29 Nov 2020 2:56 PM ISTUK: The use of hormonal contraceptives by women of reproductive age reduces the risk of new-onset asthma, finds a recent study in the Journal of...
LMA not superior to face-mask ventilation for lowering death risk in neonatal asphyxia: NEJM MD Bureau27 Nov 2020 3:00 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that laryngeal Mask Airway is not as effective as face-mask ventilation in lowering early neonatal death and...
COVID-19 update: FDA Issues New Policy on Dry Heat for Reuse of Certain Respirators Hina Zahid27 Nov 2020 2:00 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance on the use of dry heat to help support the single-user reuse of certain particulate...
Brensocatib improves clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal27 Nov 2020 9:55 AM ISTDelhi: The use of brensocatib was shown to improve clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis patients, in a 24-week trial. The findings of the...
No benefit of nebulized magnesium with albuterol in reractory pediatric asthma: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Nov 2020 4:15 PM ISTA recent study in children with refractory acute asthma showed nebulized magnesium with albuterol, compared with placebo with albuterol, did not...
Cooking with wood tied to lung damage, shows Advanced CT imaging Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Nov 2020 5:50 PM ISTResearchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that Cooking with wood may cause lung damage.Advanced imaging with CT...
MMR vaccine could protect against COVID-19, study shows Hina Zahid25 Nov 2020 4:45 PM ISTThe measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against COVID-19. In a new study published in mBio, an open-access...
High blood sugar in COVID-19 tied to death risk in non Diabetics Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Nov 2020 10:59 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients, including those...
COVID-19 drug- Aprotinin may prevent replication of coronavirus Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Nov 2020 10:05 PM ISTResearchers at Goethe University, University of Kent and the Hannover Medical School have found that the protease inhibitor aprotinin can inhibit...
BCG may be limiting COVID-19 deaths, suggests preliminary study Hina Zahid23 Nov 2020 12:00 PM ISTOne of the emerging questions about the coronavirus that scientists are working to understand is why developing countries are showing markedly lower...
