Blinatumomab promising for treatment of aggressive infant leukemia with 81.6% disease-free survival rate: NEJM Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran9 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTNetherlands: In a study conducted by researchers, Blinatumomab, a bispecific T-cell engager molecule, to be safe and efficacious for infants with...
Osmotic demyelination syndrome a rare complication of hyponatremia Dr. Mahalakshmi Sivashankaran6 May 2023 8:15 AM ISTCanada: A new study published in NEJM: Evidence has found that rapid correction of serum sodium is a common occurrence in patients with hyponatremia,...
CT angiography yields similar event rates as invasive coronary angiography for stable angina patients, DISCHARGE trial. dr. Abhimanyu Uppal16 May 2022 12:15 PM ISTIn the diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), computed tomography (CT) is an accurate, noninvasive alternative to invasive coronary...
Targeting muscarinic pathways in schizophrenia, is it the next "big thing" in psychiatry? Dr. Shivi Kataria1 March 2021 9:00 AM ISTAntipsychotic drugs are associated with adverse events such as extrapyramidal symptoms, sedation, weight gain, etc that contribute to poor medication...
Inhaled Treprostinil effective in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to ILD: NEJM study MD Bureau14 Jan 2021 4:06 PM ISTPulmonary hypertension secondary to interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) is commonly encountered in clinical practice and linked to significant...
Oral Azacitidine Maintenance Therapy has better outcomes than placebo in AML patients MD Bureau3 Jan 2021 6:15 PM ISTAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive disease that predominantly affects older people. A recent study suggests maintenance therapy of oral...
Dexamethasone doesn't improve outcomes in chronic subdural haematoma, says NEJM study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTDexamethasone does not improve functional outcomes in patients with chronic subdural hematoma — but it could reduce the need for repeat surgeries,...
Antibiotics instead of surgery better choice only for some in Appendicitis: NEJM study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Oct 2020 10:00 AM ISTResearchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have found in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that antibiotics...
