High BP associated with increased kidney cancer risk, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 May 2020 12:45 PM ISTResearchers have found in a nationwide population-based study that high blood pressure was associated with a considerable kidney cancer risk.The...
Lowering Testosterone May Reduce Severity of COVID-19 Hina Zahid18 May 2020 10:45 AM ISTNEW YORK, NY--There is an urgent need to identify effective therapies for COVID-19 and investigators are constantly in look out for the...
Furosemide stress test effectively predicts progression of acute kidney injury Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 May 2020 3:12 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new Systematic review and Meta-analysis that furosemide stress test (FST) is useful biomarker for predicting progression...
New Point-of-Care Test may detect Chlamydia, Gonorrhea in 30 minutes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 May 2020 12:30 PM ISTRates of chlamydial and gonococcal infection continue to increase globally.In order to curb the rising rate of these infections a need was felt to...
Post-prostate biopsy infections on the rise, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 May 2020 4:45 PM ISTInfection after prostate biopsy is one of the most common complications .They include urinary tract infection (UTI), prostatitis, epididymitis,...
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may predict renal function decline in diabetes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli12 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTResearchers have found that Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a predictor of renal dysfunction in diabetes patients.The study has been published in...
Why Men more vulnerable to Covid-19 than women: European Heart Journal study throws light MD Bureau12 May 2020 10:00 AM ISTThey found that male sex was the strongest predictor of elevated ACE2 concentrations
FDA approves Fensolvi for central precocious puberty in children Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli12 May 2020 7:10 AM ISTThe Food and Drug Administration has approved leuprolide acetate (Fensolvi) injectable suspension for treating children aged 2 years and older with...
New 3D imaging of sperm cells could improve IVF treatments Hina Zahid11 May 2020 11:30 AM ISTTel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have developed a safe and accurate 3D imaging method to identify sperm cells moving at a high speed. These ...
JAMA Study finds COVID 19 virus in 16% of semen samples of known patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 May 2020 9:58 AM ISTIt has been confirmed that COVID-19 has the characteristic of human-to-human transmission, mainly through respiratory droplets and contact. The known...
Short antibiotics course as good as long one for pyelonephritis in children Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 May 2020 9:39 AM ISTCurrent national guidelines recommend treating children with pyelonephritis for 7 to 14 days of antibiotic therapy, yet data are lacking to suggest a...
COVID-19 isn't sexually transmitted finds international study Hina Zahid23 April 2020 12:45 PM ISTResearchers at University of Utah Health have found in an international study thatCOVID-19 is unlikely to be spread through semen.They found no...
