New research being presented at this year’s ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) suggests that the free-to-use, widely accessible ChatGPT could be an effective tool to help reduce vaccine hesitancy among the general public, as well as providing helpful advice on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in conjunction with sexual health clinics, […]
AI system improves accuracy of CBCT images for implant placement, third molar extraction and orthognathic surgery suggests a new study published in the Journal of Dentistry. A study was done to develop a deep learning-based system for precise, robust, and fully automated segmentation of the mandibular canal on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. The […]
A new technology using ultralow temperature cryoablation (ULTC) has eliminated clinical ventricular tachycardia (VT) in 94% of patients. The late-breaking science is presented at EHRA 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). VT is a leading cause of sudden death in patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction.2 Approximately […]
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) accounts for around 90% of esophageal cancers, especially in East Asia. New findings in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, indicate that periostin, or POSTN, promotes ESCC progression by enhancing cancer and stromal cell migration in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Therefore, it may be a novel therapeutic target for […]
USA: A recent meta-analysis including 8 studies has suggested a small, albeit significant, reduced risk for early posttraumatic seizures (PTS) for mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) of seizure prophylaxis. The researchers suggest weighing the small absolute risk reduction against the risks of prescribing antiseizure medications. The findings were published online in JAMA Neurology […]
Researchers have found in a new study that revascularization may restores sufficient blood flow back into the legs and significantly improves quality of life among patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Over 200 million people around the world are suffering from fever peripheral […]
New Delhi: Reviewing the Clinical evidence presented by drug major AstraZeneca, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) functional under the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved the withdrawal of the indication of Olaparib 100mg and 150mg tablets in the treatment of patients with gBRCA mutation and advanced ovarian cancer who have been treated with […]
Basel: Roche has announced that its Elecsys pTau217 assay has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This blood test, which is being developed in collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company, will be used to help identify the presence or absence of amyloid pathology in individuals, which can help ensure […]
Granting interim relief to the doctor accused of abetting his former fiance’s suicide, the Kerala High Court has allowed him to rejoin his post-graduate studies. This order was passed by a single-judge bench consisting of Justice Ziyad Rahman AA after considering the ‘irreversible damage’ caused by preventing the accused doctor from attending classes, Live Law […]
Although the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Union Health Ministry recently defended its broader definition of an “Intensivist” citing the scarcity of physician staff with minimum standards of training for critical care delivery, the critical care specialists having NMC recognised degrees are not happy with the explanation. Raising the issue, a newly […]