Oral dexamethasone reduces Hospital stay in community-acquired pneumonia: Study Dr. Nandita Mohan3 Feb 2021 7:56 PM ISTIt has been recently found out that oral dexamethasone reduced length of stay (LOS) and ICU admission rate in adults hospitalized with...
Omega-3 consumption may help prevent asthma in kids Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Jan 2021 9:03 AM ISTIn the UK about 1 in 11 children are on medicines for asthma and most adult asthma begins in childhood. The disease is not only major cause of...
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,...
Children with accelerated BMI in first years of life have higher lung function later: Study Hina Zahid30 Aug 2020 6:45 PM ISTBody mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood.Researchers at Barcelona...
Smoking during pregnancy linked to higher asthma risk even in adulthood Hina Zahid1 May 2020 1:28 PM ISTResearchers at University of Helsinki and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa have found that smoking by pregnant mothers caused roughly an...
Short-acting β-agonists in asthma may reduce fertility in females Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 March 2020 9:15 AM ISTAsthma is a common chronic disease affecting number of young women and is associated with 8–13% of pregnancies. In past studies, maternal asthma has...
