Heating best method for disinfection of N95 masks, finds study Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 May 2020 12:30 PM ISTResearchers have revealed that heating was recently found to inactivate the coronavirus in solution within 5 min at 70 °C and is among the most...
AI strategy can categorize cancer risk of indeterminate lung nodules Written By Hina Zahid4 May 2020 6:15 PM ISTComputed tomography scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates, but they can also lead to...
Surgeons devise new process for disinfecting and reusing N95 masks Written By Hina Zahid4 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTSurgeons have devised novel disinfection process by using vaporized hydrogen peroxide to tide over shortage of N95 respirator masks.Amid shortages of...
Guidance for supporting mental health of frontline COVID-19 staff released Written By Hina Zahid3 May 2020 5:00 PM ISTAccording to an academic review by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, London's Air Ambulance and Barts Health NHS Trust, and a...
High BP drugs safe for patients with COVID-19 disease, finds Study Written By Hina Zahid3 May 2020 1:45 PM ISTIn a study of 12,594 patients it has been found that common high blood pressure drugs did not increase the risk of contracting COVID-19 - or of...
FDA okays emergency use of remdesivir in severe cases of Covid 19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 May 2020 10:44 AM ISTThe US Food and drug administration has issued an emergency use authorization on for antiviral drug remdesivir for patients hospitalized with a...
Breaking: USFDA grants Remdesivir Emergency Use Authorization in COVID-19 Treatment Written By Hina Zahid2 May 2020 10:42 AM ISTUSA: In a major development, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the investigational antiviral...
Smoking tobacco may increase lung entry points for COVID-19 virus Written By Hina Zahid1 May 2020 6:15 PM ISTResearchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of South Carolina and other institutions have identified tobacco smoking as a potential risk...
Experts offer guidelines for treatment of Stroke during Covid 19 pandemic Written By Hina Zahid1 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTStroke researchers at the University of Cincinnati have released a new report recommending the proper protocol for delivering lifesaving treatment to...
Nasal biomarkers may predict severity of pollen-specific allergy Written By Hina Zahid1 May 2020 6:00 PM ISTResearchers at the Institute of Environmental Medicine at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technical University of Munich have earmarked nasal...
Arthritis Drug Tocilizumab may show promise in COVID-19 Pneumonia Written By Hina Zahid1 May 2020 5:45 PM ISTIn an effort to put brakes on ever growing pandemic of Covid 19, researchers are leaving no stone unturned. Next in the list is rheumatoid arthritis...
Smoking during pregnancy linked to higher asthma risk even in adulthood Written By Hina Zahid1 May 2020 1:28 PM ISTResearchers at University of Helsinki and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa have found that smoking by pregnant mothers caused roughly an...
