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...
Chest CT effective for initial diagnosis of COVID-19, finds study Medha Baranwal8 Sept 2020 11:08 AM ISTFrance: COVID 19 pandemic continues to grip the world as it has spread to every continent except Antarctica. India alone accounts for over 3...
Simple surgery effective in sleep apnea for those who don't tolerate CPAP: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Sept 2020 7:15 PM ISTAlmost 1 billion people are estimated to have Sleep apnea globally, with the main treatment CPAP tolerated and benefitted by only half of those who...
Impulse oscillometry system useful tool for asthma treatment: Study Medha Baranwal4 Sept 2020 10:27 PM ISTJapan: Impulse oscillometry system (IOS) can be used for the examination of bronchial asthma (BA) before the administration of inhaled...
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19 infection: JAMA Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2020 9:00 PM ISTVitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency....
SCTIMST introduces AcryloSorb canister bags for safe disposal of infected respiratory secretions Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Sept 2020 2:58 PM IST Kerala: In order to safely handle and dispose of respiratory secretions, Researchers at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and...
