Novartis Enerzair Breezhaler shows positive results in reducing asthma Ruchika Sharma9 Sept 2020 1:39 PM ISTBasel: Novartis has recently announced that high-dose, once-daily Enerzair Breezhaler (indacaterol acetate, glycopyrronium bromide and mometasone...
Chest CT effective for initial diagnosis of COVID-19, finds study Written By Medha Baranwal8 Sept 2020 11:08 AM ISTFrance: COVID 19 pandemic continues to grip the world as it has spread to every continent except Antarctica. India alone accounts for over 3...
Simple surgery effective in sleep apnea for those who don't tolerate CPAP: JAMA Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Sept 2020 7:15 PM ISTAlmost 1 billion people are estimated to have Sleep apnea globally, with the main treatment CPAP tolerated and benefitted by only half of those who...
Impulse oscillometry system useful tool for asthma treatment: Study Written By Medha Baranwal4 Sept 2020 10:27 PM ISTJapan: Impulse oscillometry system (IOS) can be used for the examination of bronchial asthma (BA) before the administration of inhaled...
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19 infection: JAMA Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2020 9:00 PM ISTVitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency....
SCTIMST introduces AcryloSorb canister bags for safe disposal of infected respiratory secretions Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Sept 2020 2:58 PM IST Kerala: In order to safely handle and dispose of respiratory secretions, Researchers at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and...
WHO guidance backs Use of Corticosteroids in Severe COVID-19 infection Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2020 10:30 AM ISTThe World Health Organization recommends systemic corticosteroids to treat patients with severe and critical COVID-19.WHO has updated its guidance for...
Robotic surgery improves survival in early-stage oropharyngeal cancer: JAMA Written By Medha Baranwal3 Sept 2020 10:15 AM ISTLos Angeles, California: Transoral robotic surgery may improve surgical outcomes and survival in early-stage oropharyngeal cancer patients as compared...
BCG vaccine may protect elderly people against respiratory infections: Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2020 10:15 AM ISTResearchers at Radboud university medical center and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have found in a new double-blind randomized...
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab: Study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Sept 2020 11:16 AM ISTCHAMPAIGN - While RT-PCR remains the gold standard for performing clinical diagnostics to amplify the RNA sequences, there is an urgent need for...
Children with accelerated BMI in first years of life have higher lung function later: Study Written By Hina Zahid30 Aug 2020 6:45 PM ISTBody mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first years of life may be associated with lung function in later childhood.Researchers at Barcelona...
Vaccines against respiratory infections cut heart failure deaths: ESC study Written By Hina Zahid29 Aug 2020 10:17 AM ISTSophia Antipolis, France: Influenza and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with fewer hospital deaths in patients with heart failure. That's the...
