Coffee Drinking improves Survival in Advanced Colorectal Cancer: JAMA Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli18 Sept 2020 6:53 AM ISTResearchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other organizations have reported in a new study that consumption of a few cups of coffee a day was...
Drug for common liver condition may be an effective treatment for dementia Written By Hina Zahid17 Sept 2020 1:15 PM ISTResearchers at University of York in collaboration with the University of Sheffield have discovered that Ursodeoxycholic Acid, a drug used to treat...
Dupilumab receives FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Status for eosinophilic esophagitis Written By Medha Baranwal16 Sept 2020 7:46 AM ISTUSA: Dupilumab (Dupixent) has received the US FDA's Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in patients...
Gut microbiota not tied to gestational diabetes in obese women: Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli9 Sept 2020 10:11 PM ISTResearchers at Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Turku, Finland have found in a new study that gut microbiota composition and function is...
Duodenal Microbiota and Enteropathy linked to Stunted growth in Children: NEJM Written By Dr Satabdi Saha9 Sept 2020 6:00 PM ISTAccording to the reports of a study, recently published in The New England Journal Of Medicine, a causal relationship has emerged between growth...
Newer Second-Line Diabetes drugs increase cirrhosis risk in diabetes patients: Study Written By Medha Baranwal9 Sept 2020 12:45 PM ISTUSA: The use of newer second-line glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs) versus thiazolidinediones (TZDs) is associated with a mildly elevated...
Tradipitant safe and efficacious for treating Gastroparesis symptoms, finds trial Written By Dr.Niharika Harsha B8 Sept 2020 6:30 PM ISTTradipitant, an NK1R antagonist, has shown significant improvements in symptoms in patients with idiopathic or diabetic gastroparesis in a recent...
Lubiprostone effective in patients with NAFLD with constipation: Study Written By Dr.Niharika Harsha B8 Sept 2020 6:00 PM ISTAccording to the latest study, Lubiprostone was well tolerated in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with constipation. It also reduced the...
Methimazole use may increase acute pancreatitis risk, finds study Written By Medha Baranwal7 Sept 2020 8:47 PM ISTNovara, Italy: The use of methimazole (MMI) increases the risk of acute pancreatitis (AP), the increased risk is limited to the first months of MMI...
Preoperative IV iron to anemic patients may not reduce blood transfusion need, death: Lancet Written By Medha Baranwal7 Sept 2020 11:45 AM ISTLondon, UK: The administration of preoperative intravenous iron to anemic patients 10–42 days before elective major abdominal surgery was...
PPIs may raise risk of fatty liver disease by altering gut microbome: Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Sept 2020 7:15 PM ISTProton pump inhibitors are generally considered to be a safe and effective drug. The known adverse effects include Clostridium difficile-associated...
Love hormone reverses delay in gastric emptying in response to stress Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Sept 2020 5:51 AM ISTNew research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that oxytocin, known as the love hormone, plays an important role in stress'...
