The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to iloperidone (Fanapt) for acute treatment of bipolar I disorder. Fanapt is an atypical antipsychotic agent that has been used for the acute treatment of patients with schizophrenia since its FDA approval in 2009. “Manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder are highly […]
India: A recent article published in the Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism has presented an Indian perspective on the paradigm shift of SGLT2 inhibitors from diabetes care to metabolic care. The study revealed that sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, with their several pleiotropic benefits, have received considerable attention recently as a novel class of […]
ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical centers at processing medical data and demonstrating clinical reasoning. In a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, physician-scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) compared a large language model’s (LLM) […]
Researchers have found in a new study that high consumption of sodium was associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.Therefore individuals with heart disease stand to gain the most from a low-sodium diet. Further the research revealed that majority of patients of heart disease on an average consumed over twice the recommended daily sodium intake. […]
South Korea: A recent study has shown an association between tuberculosis (TB) and cancer, with those with current or previous TB more likely to have a diagnosis of a variety of cancers, including blood, lung, colorectal, and gynecological cancers. The findings from the population-wide observational study were presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical […]
Australia: A recent study published in the journal Burns has revealed an association between postoperative hypothermia and a reduced length of hospital stay in adult acute burn survivors. “These findings indicate possible benefit from mild hypothermia in burns surgery,” Fiona M. Wood, Fiona Wood Foundation, Perth, WA, Australia, and colleagues wrote in their study. “A […]
Japan: An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research group has developed an index of the threshold energy density, known as fluence, and the dependent wavelength for picosecond lasers. This will help improve efficacy and reduce complications in people bothered by skin blemishes who might turn to laser treatment. Picosecond lasers have in recent years been used to […]
A recent study titled “A meta-analysis of previous falls and subsequent fracture risk in cohort studies” found links between self-reported falls and increased fracture risk and also that prior falls increased the risk for fracture slightly more in men than women. Published in Osteoporosis International, this international meta-analysis of data pooled from 46 prospective cohorts […]
Adults younger than 35- to 45-years old may have a higher risk of developing a stroke from nontraditional risk factors such as migraines than from traditional risks like high blood pressure. That’s according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal. Most strokes are caused by […]
Tarn Taran: In response to allegations of medical negligence leading to the death of a 31-year-old woman due to complications following childbirth, a medical officer and a nurse have been booked by the police in connection with the case. The woman delivered her child at Dhawan Nursing Home, Bhikhiwind but, she passed away at a […]