Patients with lupus benefit from COVID 19 vaccine booster Isra Zaman14 July 2022 9:15 AM ISTPeople with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, who received a "booster" dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine after full vaccination are roughly half as...
Daily steroids improve motor and pulmonary function in kids with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 May 2022 8:30 PM ISTNew research published in JAMA recommends daily steroid doses for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), marking a significant change in how...
Post Intensive Care syndrome is frequent in COVID-19 survivors Dr. Nandita Mohan28 Jan 2022 7:45 PM ISTThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused a remarkable increase in the number of critical illness survivors. These survivors are more likely to have physical,...
Health ministry cuts use of steroids, multivitamins, remdesivir, tocilizumab in new COVID-19 treatment guidelines Lalhmangaihkimi19 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: With the sharp increase in the COVID-19 cases across the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently issued the revised...
Steroids improve liver test abnormalities in infliximab-induced liver injury: Study Medha Baranwal5 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTIceland: Liver injury and liver inflammation is a rare side effect of infliximab, a biological medicine used to treat multiple inflammatory diseases....
Modify COVID treatment protocol regarding use of antibiotics, steroids: PIL in Delhi HC Medical Dialogues Bureau25 May 2021 9:45 AM ISTThe petition mentions that there has been no clinical trial on the efficacy and safety of antipyretics usage in the treatment and the management of...
Hiding black fungus cases illegal, hospitals should report to Govt: Karnataka Health Minister Medical Dialogues Bureau18 May 2021 9:15 AM ISTThe Minister also warned that steroids should not be administered without the prescription of a doctor and the government is not providing steroids to...
Best treatment for COVID-19 smell loss is smell training, not steroids, says study Hina Zahid11 May 2021 10:45 AM ISTSmell loss is a prominent symptom of Covid-19, and the pandemic is leaving many people with long-term smell loss.Researchers have found in a new study...
Even low doses of steroids increase risk of cardiovascular disease, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Dec 2020 7:30 AM IST A study published in PLOS Medicine by Mar Pujades-Rodriguez at Leeds University and colleagues suggests that even low doses of glucocorticoid...
ACR updates guidelines on Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis Hina Zahid18 Nov 2020 5:53 PM ISTATLANTA -- The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has released its updated guidelines for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at ACR...
New blood test predicts which COVID-19 patients will develop severe infection Hina Zahid15 Oct 2020 9:00 AM ISTScientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop a severe form of Covid-19.The study,...
Long term Steroid use raises risk of diabetes, high BP and blood clots in kids: Study Hina Zahid21 Sept 2020 7:33 PM ISTChildren who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood clots,...
