Unmasking the Global Challenge of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a major public health concern, causing considerable illness and death in all age groups. (1). The World Health Organization identified LRTIs as the fourth leading cause of death in communicable diseases (2) and the second leading cause of disability globally, […]
Indore: The second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students have appealed to the Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University (MPMSU), Jabalpur, for a two-month extension in the examination schedule. Voicing their grievances, the students have forwarded a memorandum to the Dean of MGM Medical College, pressing for a revision in the examination timetable. They asserted that […]
Long term Profile attractiveness similar in extraction and nonextraction groups among patients with class I and II malocclusion suggests a study published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. The objective of this study was to compare the profile attractiveness in subjects treated with and without extractions after the long-term 35-year follow-up, according […]
Topiramate is an antiseizure medication prescribed to treat epilepsy as well as migraines and bipolar disorder. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found in a new research that Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medication topiramate may not increase children’s risk of autism spectrum disorder. The study has been published in the New […]
Competitive athletes are always looking for an extra edge that can help them improve performance. According to a new study by Concordia researchers published in the journal Physical Activity and Nutrition, they can find one in the common cranberry. In a series of trials involving trained distance runners, the researchers found that ingesting a cranberry […]
USA: Duke University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict five-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a study published in Radiology. The researchers revealed that their deep learning-based algorithm, a simplified offshoot of Mirai, performed well in predicting cancer risk by evaluating breast asymmetry features on mammograms. “Localized bilateral […]
Recently, there has been increasing interest in alternative remedies to support weight management, and one such remedy that has gained popularity is apple cider vinegar. A recent study conducted in Lebanon aimed to investigate the potential benefits of ACV consumption on weight reduction and metabolic health parameters. This study was published in the journal of […]
Obesity is a major public health concern, as it is known to increase the risk of dependency and limit mobility in adults. Further over the past decade, obesity rates have skyrocketed worldwide. Excess body weight is known to affect gait, but the influence of body fat distribution on gait parameters and neuromuscular adaptations remains unclear. […]
An investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins in early childhood, known as giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), was well tolerated and showed signs of therapeutic benefit in a clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Currently, there is no treatment for GAN and the disease is usually fatal by […]
Australia: Hyperglycemia increases the risk of in-hospital healthcare-associated infection (HAI), acute kidney injury (AKI), and stroke compared with those not experiencing hyperglycemia in hospital inpatients (HbA1c ≤ 12.0%), a recent study has shown. The risk was observed regardless of the patient’s diabetes status and pre-hospital glycaemia. The study was published online in The Journal of […]