Patients treated by mobile stroke units had better outcomes, finds NEJM study Hina Zahid13 Sept 2021 9:00 AM ISTIschemic stroke patients treated on a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received anti-clot medication faster and ended up with less disability at 90 days,...
Iron supplements of no benefit to infants for their development, NEJM study Medha Baranwal10 Sept 2021 10:30 AM ISTAustralia: Three months of daily supplementation with iron syrup or multiple micronutrient powders did not affect child development or other...
Case of Circinate Syphilitic Lesions reported in NEJM Hina Zahid9 Sept 2021 8:00 PM ISTDr Suruthi Purushothaman and Dr Bhargavi Mayakuntla at Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, India have reported a rare case of Circinate syphilitic...
Mycophenolate mofetil addition to steroids prevents relapse in ITP : NEJM Medha Baranwal4 Sept 2021 10:00 AM ISTUK: Mycophenolate mofetil addition to a glucocorticoid for first-line treatment of immune thrombocytopenia results in a lower risk of refractory or...
Lower BP targets show major benefits in elderly- reaffirms STEP trial from China Medha Baranwal4 Sept 2021 9:00 AM ISTChina: Lowering systolic blood pressure targets down to the 110 to less than 130 mm Hg range substantially reduced cardiovascular adverse events in...
Malaria vaccine and antimalarial drugs combo may reduce malaria deaths in kids by 73%: Study Hina Zahid2 Sept 2021 9:42 PM ISTThis new combination approach has the potential to prevent malaria in large parts of Africa where malaria cases remain high and where malaria is...
Switching to a Low-sodium salt substitute reduces risk of heart attack stroke: NEJM Hina Zahid31 Aug 2021 5:52 AM ISTSophia Antipolis, France - Switching to a reduced-sodium, added-potassium 'salt substitute' significantly reduces risk of stroke, heart...
Anticoagulation with heparin increases survival in moderately-ill COVID-19 patients: NEJM Medha Baranwal26 Aug 2021 9:15 AM ISTTreating moderately ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients with therapeutic-dose anticoagulation with heparin increased the probability of survival.USA:...
Uncommon occurrence of intussusception in patient with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: Case report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTUK: A recent case study published in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the case of a 26-year-old woman with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome...
Moderna vaccine effective against COVID-19 in adolescents: NEJM study dr anusha21 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTAlthough Covid-19 illness is generally milder in children than adults, children can have severe disease leading to hospitalization and there is...
Oral atogepant effective in reducing migraine and headache days: NEJM Medha Baranwal20 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTUSA: Once-daily oral atogepant is effective in reducing the number of headache days and migraine days over a period of 12 weeks, show results from a...
Third-dose of COVID-19 vaccine very effective in transplant patients, study finds Hina Zahid14 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTCanada: A third dose of the mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna) shows substantial improvement in protection against COVID-19 infection in organ-transplant...
