Reduction in smoking and heavy drinking linked to fewer hip fractures: JAMA Hina Zahid28 July 2020 7:58 PM ISTA new study, which analyzed 40 years of Framingham Heart Study data, found an association between lowered rates of hip fractures and decreases in...
Women Doctors paid much less than men even in top medical schools, finds JAMA Internal Medicine MD Bureau3 March 2020 1:18 PM ISTThe men were making $127,411 more than their female counterparts, the analysis showed
Bicarbonate pre hydration before contrast CT may not confer renal safety in CKD: JAMA Medha Baranwal20 Feb 2020 4:30 PM ISTNetherlands: Withholding short bicarbonate prehydration in patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing contrast-enhanced computed...
Aspirin 'at par' with other anticoagulants used for VTE after THR/TKR: JAMA Medha Baranwal9 Feb 2020 10:45 AM ISTUK: Aspirin seemed to be equally safe and effective as the standard anticoagulants used for VTE (venous thromboembolism) prophylaxis after total hip...
Red meat increases risk of cardiovascular disease finds study Medha Baranwal4 Feb 2020 3:11 PM ISTUSA: Consuming processed meat, unprocessed red meat, or poultry, but not fish increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a recent study...
Simple test may identify future risk of dialysis or transplant in acute kidney disease Hina Zahid3 Feb 2020 4:31 PM ISTUSA: Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a low-cost test that screens for excess protein in the urine have been shown to accurately...
Patients with positive ECG, negative echocardiography at higher risk for heart disease: JAMA Medha Baranwal30 Jan 2020 3:53 PM ISTUSA: Normal stress echocardiography but abnormal exercise electrocardiography may help identify patients at a slightly increased risk for adverse...
Low-carb, low-fat diet not associated with mortality, it is the food quality that matters: JAMA Medha Baranwal26 Jan 2020 2:00 PM ISTUSA: The associations of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets with mortality may depend on the quality and food sources of macronutrients, a recent...
Burnout making doctors prescribe wrong medicines: JAMA Meta-Analysis on 43,000 Doctors Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Sept 2018 9:45 AM ISTAnother worrying finding of the study is that in junior doctors in particular, burnout increases the likelihood of lower professional standards by 3.5...
Healthcare prices hard to find online savita thakur thakur7 Dec 2017 10:02 AM ISTConsumers who search online for prices of common medical procedures may be disappointed by what they find, a U.S. study suggests.Researchers used the...
Female Resident Doctors more likely Depressed than Male Counterparts savita thakur thakur5 Nov 2017 9:41 AM ISTFemale doctors in training may be more likely to become depressed than their male counterparts at least in part because of difficulties balancing work...
Female doctors better than male doctors: Harvard Study Noha21 Dec 2016 12:07 PM ISTPatients treated by female physicians had significantly lower mortality rates as well as readmission rates compared with those cared for by male...
