Madurai: Holding a Tirunelveli-based hospital and its attending doctor guilty of unfair trade practices and services deficiencies, the Circuit Bench of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Madurai directed them to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Welfare Fund. The consumer court gave such an order after noting […]
New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a third-year postgraduate student in the medicine department and resident doctor at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital has committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan in his rented accommodation in south Delhi. Police informed that the deceased PG medico had been suffering from depression for the past two years, which was […]
New Delhi: The US health regulator has pulled up Intas Pharmaceuticals for manufacturing lapses, including violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulation, at its Ahmedabad-based plant. In a warning letter to the company’s CEO and MD Nimish Chudgar, the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has pointed out various manufacturing lapses at the Matoda-Sanand, Ahmedabad-based […]
China: A recent study has suggested that controlling lipid levels, blood glucose levels, and abdominal obesity may reduce brain damage in patients with type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The findings, published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, provide novel insights into neuroimaging correlates for underlying pathophysiological processes inducing brain damage in patients […]
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Fabhalta (iptacopan) as first oral monotherapy for adults suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). PNH is a rare and chronic blood disorder where red blood cells are prone to premature destruction by the complement system. Despite prior anti-C5 treatments, a good number of patients with PNH still […]
A recent study delving into the interplay between dietary intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and family history in relation to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has uncovered a significant association. Researchers have found in a new study that Low PUFA intake may magnify risk of developing CVD among people with family history of heart disease. […]
Placement of 6-mm implants as good as 11-mm implants for combined maxillary sinus floor augmentation suggests a new study published in the Clinical Oral Implants Research. A study was done to compare the clinical performance of single crowns in the posterior maxilla supported by either 11-mm long implants combined with maxillary sinus floor augmentation (MSFA) […]
The available preclinical and registered data indicate that maternal inflammation during pregnancy may impact early neurodevelopment in offspring. However, there is limited clinical evidence of the risk of abnormal neurodevelopment in children later in life. In the population-based COPSAC2010 mother-child cohort, a team of researchers examined the relationship between maternal inflammation levels during pregnancy and […]
China: A recent study published in Diabetes Therapy showed increased odds of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in subjects with diabetes having poor nutritional parameters and high body fat. “Nutritional parameters and body fat were strongly associated with and considerably contributed to DKD presence, indicating that nutrition and body fat might be promising markers representing a […]
India: A recent case-control study published in The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India explored the potential of cancer Antigen-125 (CA-125) as a biomarker for predicting and correlating with the severity of preeclampsia. The researchers found higher levels of serum CA-125 in the severe preeclampsia group versus the normotensive and non-severe preeclampsia group, but […]