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...
Minimally invasive ellipsys system allows CKD patients to begin dialysis sooner Hina Zahid7 Sept 2020 11:30 AM ISTNorth Chesterfield, Va. - The Ellipsys Vascular Access System reduces the time before patients with kidney failure can start lifesaving dialysis...
Magnetic resonance elastography may improve detection of epilepsy: Study Hina Zahid3 Sept 2020 6:15 PM ISTResearchers at Carle Neuroscience Institute and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois...
PET/CT useful diagnostic tool for evaluating unexplained fever Medha Baranwal1 Sept 2020 8:42 AM ISTUSA: 18F-FDG PET/CT can be used for evaluating fevers with an unexplained origin, a recent study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases has...
Ultrasound detects significantly low crystal deposition in gout by ULT: Study Medha Baranwal31 Aug 2020 11:28 AM ISTNorway: A treat-to-target approach with urate lowering therapy caused a significant reduction of ultrasound-detected crystal depositions...
Ultrasound alone sufficient for evaluation of masses found on DBT, finds study Medha Baranwal27 Aug 2020 6:00 PM ISTUSA: Ultrasound alone is more effective for working up of masses identified on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), suggests a recent study...
Tissue Doppler Imaging may help detect subclinical systolic LV dysfunction in COPD: study Dr Satabdi Saha25 Aug 2020 11:12 AM ISTA recent study has suggested that subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction is likely to be detected when measured by tissue Doppler...
Shorter radiotherapy regimens as good as conventional one in breast cancer Dr.Niharika Harsha B24 Aug 2020 6:30 PM ISTThe ten-year results of the FAST trial have found that a once-weekly 5-fraction schedule of whole-breast radiotherapy appeared to be radiobiologically...
CT scan use for appendicitis diagnosis more frequent in children with cognitive delays Hina Zahid24 Aug 2020 10:15 AM ISTCHICAGO: Computed tomography (CT) is used at a higher rate than ultrasound in children with developmental and cognitive impairments to diagnose...
Intravascular ultrasound Guided PCI may lower risk of death, heart attack: JACC Medha Baranwal21 Aug 2020 11:30 AM ISTUSA: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance although used infrequently in PCI procedure but when used it lowers long-term mortality, repeat...
Magnetic seizure therapy may help prevent suicide in depression patients: JAMA Medha Baranwal19 Aug 2020 6:00 PM ISTCanada: Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) could be a potential treatment for suicidality in patients with treatment-resistant depression, suggests a...
New simpler approach to ultrasound imaging will cut down costs Hina Zahid16 Aug 2020 9:01 PM ISTConventional ultrasonic imaging requires acoustic scanning over a target object using a piezoelectric transducer array, followed by signal processing...
