Cervical Artery Dissections Surge Nearly Fivefold in U.S. Over 15 Years: Study Finds Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri5 April 2025 9:00 AM ISTA new study has found almost a five-fold increase in the number of U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period. The...
High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Reduces Hospitalization in Seniors, claims study Dr Riya Dave27 May 2024 10:00 AM ISTResearchers have found that high-dose influenza vaccine (HD-IV) significantly reduces the rates of pneumonia and influenza (P&I) and all-cause...
Does left atrial pressure monitoring improves survival in HFrEF patients? Medha Baranwal27 March 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Monitoring left atrial (LA) pressures in HFrEF (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction) patients can lead to relative mortality reduction...
Medical Bulletin 13/March/2023 Isra Zaman13 March 2023 3:30 PM ISTHere are the top medical news for the day:Gene test from urine can predict bladder cancer years before diagnosisBladder cancer is not a rare disease -...
Increased hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease owing to ozone pollution, finds study Isra Zaman13 March 2023 9:15 AM ISTOzone is a gas and the main air pollutant in photochemical smog. Ozone pollution is different to the ozone layer, which absorbs most of the sun’s...
Male Diabetics with infective endocarditis have lower in-hospital mortality compared to females Dr.Niharika Harsha B17 Oct 2022 7:30 PM ISTA recent study found that Type 2 diabetic male patients had a higher incidence of infective endocarditis and lower rates of in-hospital mortality than...
Study on 1.6 million individuals shows very low incidence of severe COVID-19 reported following vaccination, booster: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 Oct 2022 3:15 PM ISTUSA: One of the largest retrospective study on the COVID-19 vaccine of 1.6 million US seems to have affirmed the use of vaccination and booster in...
Early Initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors Benefits Heart Failure Patients MD Bureau13 April 2022 11:00 AM ISTHeart failure (HF) is a growing public health issue. The increasing burden of HF on health care is primarily due to an ageing population, as evidenced...
Hyperkalemia Increases Risk of Mortality and Hospitalization, finds study Dr Kartikeya Kohli16 May 2021 11:47 PM ISTHyperkalemia is a common but potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure,...
Cannabis dependence tied to poor outcomes in Asthma Exacerbations: CHEST Dr. Nandita Mohan26 Oct 2020 8:33 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that patients of cannabis dependence have worse outcomes in Asthma exacerbations.The research was presented at...
