A recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association explored the long-term neurological outcomes associated with bariatric surgery (BS). The study from Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem, Netherlands and Radboudumc Neuroimaging and Cognition in Obesity focused on the participants with severe obesity who were eligible for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This study followed a total of […]
USA: A recent survey study comprising 2132 living kidney donors and 2014 controls revealed a significantly lower overall rate of fractures among donors than controls. However, vertebral fractures were significantly more common among donors than controls. After a mean follow-up of 25 years, the study found a lower rate of overall fractures but an excess […]
Maharashtra- Through a recent notice, the Government of Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell (MAHACET) has announced another extension in the registration process for the Common Entrance Test Cell MH-Nursing CET-2024. Earlier, the registration process for MH-Nursing CET-2024 was scheduled to take place between 09 to 29 February 2024, then later it was extended to […]
Pune: A heated argument unfolded between a female doctor and a pharmacist over a share of profits in the Khed taluka area leading to the doctor being subjected to alleged verbal abuse and physical assault by the accused. Based on accusations of harassing and assaulting a female doctor at a private hospital, the Mahalunge MIDC police […]
Princeton: Bristol Myers Squibb has announced that the Company has successfully completed its acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. With the acquisition’s completion, Karuna shares have ceased trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and Karuna is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb (“BMS”). “We are excited to expand our neuroscience portfolio as we […]
New Delhi: Days after 13 female MBBS students of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Delhi have accused an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology of sexual harassment, the Vigilance department has asked the Health department to send a proposal for initiating disciplinary action against the accused. According to PTI, the 22-year-old medical student alleged that […]
New Delhi: In a significant development aimed at enhancing healthcare services for ex-servicemen, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur and the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) wing of the Ministry of Defence. The agreement, inked during a ceremony at AIIMS Raipur, aims to facilitate […]
A new study led by researchers at McLean Hospital (a member of Mass General Brigham) and Washington State University have demonstrated that naturally occurring glucose fluctuations impact cognitive function in people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The study published in the journal npj Digital Medicine revealed that cognition was slower in moments when glucose was atypical […]
A new study published in the journal Rheumatology, published by Oxford University Press, found that rheumatic diseases can lead to reproductive problems, though some conditions have more detrimental effects than others. Immune-mediated diseases encompass a diverse range of conditions, all characterized by abnormal immune system activity. While some, like type 1 diabetes, typically manifest before […]
India: A collaborative study in India has questioned the currently widely held belief that severe dengue is associated predominantly with secondary infections and stresses the importance of developing treatments or vaccines to protect dengue-naive populations. According to the study, primary infections can also lead to severe disease, including dengue shock syndrome or dengue hemorrhagic fever […]