Cannabis use for chronic musculoskeletal pain on the rise, finds study Hina Zahid21 May 2020 5:30 AM ISTROSEMONT, Ill. —The use of medical cannabis has garnered a lot of recent attention, especially as parts of the United States and Canada have legalized...
Post-prostate biopsy infections on the rise, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 May 2020 4:45 PM ISTInfection after prostate biopsy is one of the most common complications .They include urinary tract infection (UTI), prostatitis, epididymitis,...
Age old drug Suramin repurposed for diabetic foot ulcers Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli12 May 2020 7:08 PM ISTBUFFALO, N.Y. — Researchers at University at Buffalo have found that Suramin, a 100-year old drug used to treat sleeping sickness can be repurposed to...
Surgeons devise new process for disinfecting and reusing N95 masks Hina Zahid4 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTSurgeons have devised novel disinfection process by using vaporized hydrogen peroxide to tide over shortage of N95 respirator masks.Amid shortages of...
Preoperative Metformin in diabetics reduces death and readmission rate Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 April 2020 10:45 AM IST Researchers have found that preoperative metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing surgery appears to offer some protection against poor...
Scientists develop new laser method for cataract surgery Hina Zahid10 April 2020 6:30 PM ISTCataract is among the most widespread eye diseases. According to WHO, up to a third of all visual impairments have to do with cataract. The treatment...
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy reduces Prostate size and symptoms in BHP Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 April 2020 10:45 AM ISTResearchers at Sapienza University in Rome have found in a small prospective interventional trial that noninvasive pulsed electromagnetic field...
Over 50% of women with negative genetic test and family history of breast cancer are high risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 April 2020 10:30 AM ISTOver half of Breast cancer patients who test negative for a hereditary cancer syndrome may be high risk finds a study published in the American...
Practice guideline for surgical cases with COVID-19 infection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 April 2020 8:00 PM ISTCHICAGO : Researchers from Stanford University's department of surgery (Stanford, Calif.) have created an algorithm that aims to protect operating...
Delay Transplant surgery in the times of Covid-19 pandemic: Experts Hina Zahid7 April 2020 5:52 PM ISTHyderabad: The World is struggling to come to terms in dealing with a pandemic of unprecedented proportion not seen in the last 100 years. All...
CABG with a radial artery graft improves patient outcomes Dr Kartikeya Kohli6 April 2020 6:00 PM ISTIn a meta-analysis of RCTs, those who received radial grafts had lower mortality at 10 years compared to saphenous vein grafts
TAVR found as good as surgery for aortic stenosis in broad patient population Hina Zahid6 April 2020 9:30 AM ISTCompared to surgery,TAVR was associated with less complications, a shorter hospital stay, fewer days in intensive care, and better functional capacity...
