Chandigarh- The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh has issued a notice announcing the upcoming 3rd physical counselling/seat allotment for candidates who applied under the sponsored category for MD/MS admission at PGIMER Chandigarh and qualified for the INI-CET (January 2024) conducted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. As […]
Panaji: A doctor and three others allegedly assaulted a fellow customer at a restaurant in Old Goa and created a ruckus there, police said on Thursday. The incident took place around 11 pm on February 7, following which a case was registered against the four persons, they said. The accused were identified as Dr Ajeya […]
USA: Zero-degree head positioning is a safe and effective strategy to optimize blood flow to the brain until the thrombectomy can be performed, and it should be considered the standard of care for stroke patients prior to thrombectomy, a recent study has revealed. The findings, presented as preliminary late-breaking science at the American Stroke Association’s […]
Canada: A recent study showed greater treatment efficacy with the interleukin-23–receptor antagonist peptide JNJ-77242113 after 16 weeks of once- or twice-daily oral administration than placebo in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The findings from the FRONTIER 1, a phase 2 dose-finding trial, were published online in The New England Journal of Medicine. “The level of […]
Recently published study aimed to assess the feasibility and safety of three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy as an alternative to the conventional four-port approach. The study involved a prospective observational analysis of 102 patients who underwent the three-port approach, evaluating parameters such as age, sex, intra-operative difficulties, outcomes, and the need for conversion to four-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy. […]
A recent study found a concerning association between antidepressant use and an increased risk of pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation in patients who are already suffering from COPD. The findings were published in the BMJ Thorax underscore the importance of monitoring of antidepressant prescriptions and consideration of alternative interventions. This research conducted […]
A recent study published in the European Heart Journal highlights the critical role of visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability (BPV) as a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) outcomes. This study was conducted as an extension of the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure-Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA) in the UK, which spanned over two decades to evaluate the long-term […]
A nomogram is a method of visualizing complex mathematical models that consider multiple risk factors, predict disease prognoses, and displaying them in an intuitive manner for clinical treatment guidance. Ruting Bo et al conducted a study to establish a nomogram model for predicting the probability of postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk in patients with […]
FDG-PET imaging shows promise for use as a diagnostic criterion for neurosarcoidosis, with a recent case series illustrating the approach was effective when gold-standard approaches were not, according to a group of researchers in Berlin. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis (NS) remains challenging due to the difficulty to obtain central nervous system (CNS) biopsies. Various diagnostic […]
USA: A recent article published in the New England Journal of Medicine described a patient with diabetes who was taking empagliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, showing false-positive screening tests for ethanol in a room-temperature sample. This was due to bacterial fermentation of glucose that yielded ethanol. Despite not ingesting alcohol for over 10 months, the man […]