According to a study conducted by University of Washington Health Sciences, in collaboration with Novo Nordisk A/S, the novel approach will help prevent vascular disease in diabetes. A new approach has been found for protecting people with diabetes from their higher risk of advanced blood vessel disease, which sets the stage for early heart attacks […]
Are you among those people who consult Google for any health issue before visiting an actual doctor? Well, Google, it seems heard you and on Tuesday, rolled out its feature called “Symptom Search” in India that lets users find quality health information on their smartphones. The tech giant, in collaboration with a team of doctors […]
Researchers have found how an unexpectedly high number of mutations in the stem cells of muscles impair cell regeneration. As we grow older, our muscular function declines. So, according to the researchers, this discovery may result in new medication to build stronger muscles even when in old age. For the study, published in the journal […]
Obese, middle-age men and women who had bariatric surgery have half the death rate of those who had traditional medical treatment over a 10-year period, reports a study that answers questions about the long-term risk of the surgery. The study was by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Clalit Research Institute in Israel, […]
Turns out, a new method has identified splicing biomarkers for liver cancer. According to a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory-study, researchers have developed a method for identifying splicing-based biomarkers for the most common form of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The researchers, led by Professor Adrian Krainer, believed the method will be useful in other cancer […]
‘Off-label’ drug use is defined as use of a drug that has not cleared the necessary regulatory approval for specific diseases/ conditions and is therefore not an approved drug for the same. There have been concerns about off-label drug use causing vision loss in the patients. Owing to multiple reports of vision loss and similar […]
Left Ventricular Assiste Device (LVAD) in singapore help end-stage heart failure patients stay fit for a transplant until healthy organ is available.It is an implanted mechanical-pump that can mean the difference between life and death for a person whose heart is too weak to effectively pump on its own.“When there’s a failure in the heart’s […]
Many older adults are getting surgery to remove damaged cartilage in the knee even though these operations may not help ease pain or improve mobility in people over 65, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers focused on a procedure known as arthroscopic partial meniscectomy, which involves shaving or cutting out damaged or torn tissue. Some previous […]
In the light of India’s ambitious goals to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025, patients cured from clinical trials of combination therapy including crucial drugs Bedaquiline and Delamanid holds promise. Majority of the drug-resistant patients subjected to this combination regimen became negative for TB within six months, a study published in The Lancet stated. Multi-national trials were […]
Tokyo: Japanese scientists have found that an experimental obesity drug can potentially prevent the formation of kidney stones in mice, a finding that paves the way to develop medications to prevent the condition in at-risk individuals. The findings showed that mice who were administered 1mg/kg of the beta3- agonist CL316243 for 12 days, showed a […]