Indian-origin Dr Jay Bhattacharya takes charge as Director of National Institutes of Health, US Kajal Rajput27 March 2025 12:18 PM ISTNational Institutes of Health is the primary medical research agency of the United States government
Cold treatment fails to protect preterm infants from disability or death caused by oxygen loss, suggests study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 March 2025 9:15 PM ISTLowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)-a type of brain...
Medical Bulletin 21/ October/ 2024 Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri21 Oct 2024 3:00 PM ISTHere are the top medical news for the day:Innovative Surgical Techniques Used in World’s First Combined Face and Whole-Eye TransplantationAn...
NIH Clinical Trial Shows Mpox Vaccine Safe for Adolescents Dr. Bhumika Maikhuri21 Oct 2024 7:45 AM ISTA National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trial of an mpox vaccine in adolescents found it was safe and generated an antibody response...
Chronic Stress May Increase Glaucoma Risk and Contribute to Racial Disparities, reveals research Dr Riya Dave7 Oct 2024 9:30 PM ISTResearchers found that higher levels of chronic stress, measured by allostatic load (AL), increase the risk of having glaucoma. The allostatic load...
First specific PET scan for TB could enable more effective treatment, suggests study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 July 2024 8:00 PM ISTA more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) has been developed by UK and US researchers, using positron emission tomography (PET).The team, from...
Implantable microphone could lead to fully internal cochlear implants, suggests research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 July 2024 5:15 AM ISTCochlear implants, tiny electronic devices that can provide a sense of sound to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, have helped improve hearing...
Low oxygen during sleep and sleep apnea linked to epilepsy in older adults: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 May 2024 9:00 PM ISTSleep apnea and low oxygen levels while sleeping are associated with epilepsy that first occurs after 60 years of age, known as late-onset epilepsy,...
Accelerated Aging May Increase Risk of Early-onset Cancers in Younger Generations, states study Kajal Rajput12 April 2024 10:30 PM ISTSAN DIEGO - Accelerated aging was more common in recent birth cohorts and was associated with increased incidence of early-onset solid tumors,...
Irregular sleep and late bedtimes tied to worse grades for high school students, finds research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 April 2024 9:15 AM ISTIrregular sleep and late bedtimes are linked to worse grades and more school-related behavioral problems among teens, suggests a study funded by the...
Inflammation-reducing drug shows no benefit for dry age-related macular degeneration in NIH trial Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 March 2024 8:30 PM ISTThe drug minocycline, an antibiotic that also decreases inflammation, failed to slow vision loss or expansion of geographic atrophy in people with dry...
Experimental gene therapy for giant axonal neuropathy promising in clinical trial: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 March 2024 8:45 PM ISTAn investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins in early childhood, known as giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), was well...
