Elevated Cardiac Troponin levels indicate mortality risk in influenza patients MD Bureau5 Jan 2021 6:00 PM ISTInfluenza most often causes a self-limited respiratory illness and in some instances, may be severe enough to require hospitalization and may even...
High dose flu shot no better than standard one in high risk CVD patients: JAMA Dr. Nandita Mohan7 Dec 2020 11:15 AM ISTResearchers have observed in a new study that in patients with high-risk cardiovascular disease, high-dose trivalent influenza vaccine, compared with...
FDA expands approval of baloxavir marboxil for post-exposure influenza prevention Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Nov 2020 1:43 AM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indicated use of baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to include post-exposure influenza prevention...
ACE inhibitors and ARBs lower mortality risk in patients of influenza and pneumonia Hina Zahid4 Oct 2020 2:00 PM ISTChristian Fynbo Christiansen atDepartment of Clinical Medicine at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and colleagues have...
Vaccines against respiratory infections cut heart failure deaths: ESC study Hina Zahid29 Aug 2020 10:17 AM ISTSophia Antipolis, France: Influenza and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with fewer hospital deaths in patients with heart failure. That's the...
CT chest findings of COVID-19 versus influenza virus pneumonia Hina Zahid10 July 2020 6:41 PM ISTLeesburg, VA -- An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in CT findings between coronavirus...
Baloxavir may prevent influenza in exposed household contacts: NEJM Medha Baranwal9 July 2020 2:33 PM ISTJapan: Single-dose of Baloxavir may help in the prevention of influenza in household contacts of patients with the flu, a recent study...
Warmer temperatures may slow COVID-19 transmission, finds study Hina Zahid2 Jun 2020 12:00 PM ISTPublished in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, the findings of a new study reveal that while the rate of COVID-19 incidence does decrease with...
Avian Flu: First death in Nepal Medical Dialogues Bureau3 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTAfter doctors in Nepal failed to confirm the type of his influenza virus, samples were sent to a laboratory in Japan.Kathmandu: Nepal health...
Swine flu toll touches 50 in Indore Medical Dialogues Bureau30 March 2019 9:00 AM ISTSo far this year, 175 patients have tested positive for swine flu in city hospitals and of these 50 have succumbed to the deadly...
Swine flu claims 3 more lives, death toll touches 32 in Indore Medical Dialogues Bureau14 March 2019 9:00 AM IST119 patients have tested positive for swine flu in local hospitals since January 1. Of them, 32 succumbed to itIndore:Â With swine flu claiming three...
Government Hospitals provide Free diagnostic services in Tripura: Chief Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau11 March 2019 9:15 AM ISTPublic healthcare is provided 24 hours in 83 out of 112 Primary Health Centers (PHC) in Tripura, including in far-flung areas. 65 medical officers of...
