Obese women with sleep apnea have high risk of gestational diabetes: Study Dr.Niharika Harsha B21 Sept 2020 8:18 PM ISTA recent study found that there was a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in obese women and they developed gestational diabetes in pregnancy....
Obstructive sleep apnea linked to liver fibrosis regardless of obesity Dr.Niharika Harsha B21 Sept 2020 11:05 AM ISTRecent research has found that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with Fatty liver disease fibrosis. The study was...
Bronchitis during childhood predicts worse lung health in middle age Hina Zahid19 Sept 2020 8:15 AM ISTResearchers have found that people who had bronchitis at least once before the age of seven are more likely to develop lung problems in later life....
Respiratory route most common way to spread COVID-19, Social distance key to prevention Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 Sept 2020 6:35 AM ISTCOVID-19 is spread most often through respiratory droplets or aerosols and little evidence exists supporting transmission through surfaces. As such,...
Nocturnal oxygen has no effect on survival of COPD patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal17 Sept 2020 3:45 AM ISTDelhi: Nocturnal oxygen neither has a positive or negative impact on survival or progression to long-term oxygen therapy in COPD patients,...
Vaccine found effective against most severe type of pneumonia Hina Zahid16 Sept 2020 8:05 AM ISTStreptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is estimated to cause over half of all pneumonia-related deaths in children under five years...
Sleep Apnea may be additional risk in COVID-19 patients, finds study Hina Zahid16 Sept 2020 7:04 AM ISTResearchers at University of Warwick have found in a new study that People who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea could be at increased...
Gefapixant significantly reduces Refractory Chronic cough frequency: Study Dr Satabdi Saha14 Sept 2020 6:00 PM ISTPatients with refractory chronic cough had significant reductions in coughing with lower doses of gefapixant than previously evaluated, demonstrating...
Asthma patients being prescribed dangerous amounts of steroid tablets: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 Sept 2020 9:30 AM ISTResearchers from Australia have found in a new study that more than one quarter of asthma patients have been prescribed potentially dangerous amounts...
Pneumothorax emerging as a new complication of COVID-19, reports study Dr Satabdi Saha11 Sept 2020 1:30 PM ISTIn the largest retrospective, case series study to date, researchers have linked pneumothorax with COVID-19 to include non-intubated patients,...
DPP-1 inhibitor brensocatib lowers exacerbation frequency in bronchiectasis: NEJM Medha Baranwal11 Sept 2020 10:45 AM ISTDelhi: The administration of brensocatib in bronchiectasis patients improves clinical outcomes of the disease, suggests a recent study in the New...
Novartis Enerzair Breezhaler shows positive results in reducing asthma Ruchika Sharma9 Sept 2020 1:39 PM ISTBasel: Novartis has recently announced that high-dose, once-daily Enerzair Breezhaler (indacaterol acetate, glycopyrronium bromide and mometasone...
