Decompression alone may benefit patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: NEJM Dr. Nandita Mohan9 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTIn patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to...
Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion benefits patients with severe left diaphragmatic hernia Dr. Nandita Mohan3 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTAccording to a recent research, it has been observed that in fetuses with isolated severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia on the left side, FETO...
Abelacimab effective blood clot treatment, McMaster-led study shows Hina Zahid24 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTHamilton, ON - A potentially game-changing treatment for people with, or at risk of, blood clots has been found effective by an international team of...
Salt-and-Pepper Skin Changes in Systemic Sclerosis: NEJM case report Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 July 2021 9:00 AM ISTDr Matthew Colquhoun, and Dr Henry Penn at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom have reported a case of Systemic sclerosis presenting with...
Pimavanserin linked to sustained benefit in dementia-related psychosis: NEJM Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 July 2021 8:45 AM ISTThe atypical antipsychotic pimavanserin reduced the risk of dementia-related psychosis relapse, finds phase III HARMONY trial published in New England...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine efficacious upto 8 months after COVID-19 vaccination: NEJM Dr Satabdi Saha16 July 2021 8:15 AM ISTIn a pre-print research paper, researchers have highlighted that Ad26.COV2.S ( Johnson & Johnson)vaccine elicited durable humoral and cellular...
Tirzepatide provides significant blood sugar and weight reduction in diabetics: SURPASS Trial Hina Zahid14 July 2021 11:45 AM ISTTirzepatide is delivering unprecedented results that could help millions of people with type 2 diabetes and their health care providers reach A1C and...
Vaccinated people have shorter, milder illness and lower viral loads: NEJM Dr. Nandita Mohan2 July 2021 9:45 AM ISTPeople who were vaccinated against COVID-19 by mRNA vaccines but became infected have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral RNA loads than...
Tofacitinib lowers risk of death or respiratory failure in COVID-19 pneumonia: NEJM Hina Zahid18 Jun 2021 11:49 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that among patients hospitalized with Covid-19 pneumonia, tofacitinib led to a lower risk of death or...
Corticosteroids may be an effective treatment for COVID-19 complications in children Hina Zahid18 Jun 2021 11:30 AM ISTThe multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), is a condition after COVID-19 infection affecting 1 in 50,000 children with SARS-CoV-2...
Rare case of thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis reported in NEJM Dr. Nandita Mohan17 Jun 2021 10:30 AM ISTResearchers, Michael Fralick and Shohinee Sarma from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada have recently documented an interesting case...
High doses of immunoglobulin may help combat COVID-19 vaccine-induced clots: NEJM Dr Kartikeya Kohli11 Jun 2021 10:30 AM ISTIt has been found that vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare side effect of adenoviral vector vaccines against...
