195 healthcare workers at AIIMS New Delhi tested positive for COVID-19 so far Medical Dialogues Bureau30 May 2020 11:15 AM ISTOver 50 healthcare personnel, including one MBBS student, three resident doctors, eight nurses and five mess workers, have tested positive for...
Major Relief: BMC increases stipend of CPS doctors from Rs 14,800 to Rs 54,000 per month Medical Dialogues Bureau30 May 2020 9:15 AM ISTMumbai - The long-standing demand of the resident doctors of CPS (College of Physicians and Surgeons) asking for a hike in their stipend has finally...
Optimum blood sugar control improves outcomes in COVID-19 patients: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 11:12 PM ISTIt is well known that poor blood sugar control in patients with Covid 19 Infection is linked to poor outcomes. One in ten COVID-19 patients with...
Glucocorticoids harmful in viral infections finds INTEREST trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 8:26 PM ISTResearchers have found in a clinical trial INTEREST trial that Glucocorticoids use in treatment of viral respiratory infections is harmful. The...
CT findings of COVID-19 infection in children 'often negative' Hina Zahid29 May 2020 6:44 PM ISTResearchers have found in one of largest series to date that describes the imaging findings of pediatric patients with COVID-19, that CT findings...
Over one third of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 may develop AKI Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTAcute kidney injury is a common complication among patients hospitalized for a wide range of diagnoses including Covid 19 infection.The rate of acute...
FDA Authorizes Self-Collection Kit for COVID-19 Nasal Specimen Hina Zahid29 May 2020 3:02 PM ISTSECAUCUS, N.J. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency authorisation to Quest Diagnostics Self-collection Kit for...
Doctor moves Supreme Court questioning the new quarantine guidelines for doctors issued by MOHFW Medical Dialogues Bureau29 May 2020 2:41 PM ISTNew Delhi - A doctor has questioned in the Supreme Court the Centre's new Standard Operating Procedure for front line COVID-19 healthcare...
10% diabetics with COVID-19 die within a week of hospitalization Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 11:45 AM ISTIn first study of its kind French researchers have found that ten percent of COVID-19 patients with diabetes die within a week of hospitalization and...
Carprofen and Celecoxib may inhibit replication of COVID-19 virus Hina Zahid29 May 2020 10:48 AM ISTCarprofen and Celecoxib have been selected by the COVID Moonshot initiative for in vitro testing as they may inhibit replication of COVID-19 virus.
Study finds surge in hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine prescriptions during COVID-19 Hina Zahid29 May 2020 10:30 AM ISTA new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital examines changes in prescription patterns in the United States during the COVID-19...
Maha: Civic building shut as doctor tests COVID-19 positive Medical Dialogues Bureau29 May 2020 10:15 AM ISTThane - The Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation''s administrative building in Thane district was closed on Wednesday, after a 40-year-old doctor...
