Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Monday announced a cashless medical facility for government employees and their dependents on the occasion of New Year. The state government had initiated the scheme on a pilot basis, initially covering employees from the fisheries and horticulture departments, offering cashless healthcare facilities starting November 1, 2023. Today, the coverage has […]
UVA researchers have found in a new study that higher levels of omega-3 were associated with better lung function and longer transplant-free survival in pulmonary fibrosis patients. Researchers conducted the study to find out whether healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and […]
South Korea: A recent study published in JAMA Network Open has highlighted the potential of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) as a promising option for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), irrespective of NAFLD status. In the population-based cohort study, GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT-2 inhibitor therapy were associated with reduced risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in […]
Venous thromboembolism or VTE, a common and severe complication of hospitalization, has a high morbidity and mortality rate, with a European epidemiological study reporting an incidence of 110 to 130 cases per 10,000 patients per year and 10% to 12% of deaths being VTE-related. According to the ENDORSE study, 64.4% of surgical inpatients were at […]
France: A recent meta-analysis published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica has revealed a significant and positive association between maternal education and prenatal antidepressant continuation. However, other social determinants of health, including relationship status, race, and income, were not significantly associated with prenatal antidepressant use and continuation. “Pregnant women having lower levels of education or high school […]
A recent study explored the satisfaction levels of patients who underwent extended depth-of-focus (EDOF) intraocular lens (IOL) implantation following vitrectomy, shedding light on its efficacy and patient-reported outcomes in a younger demographic. This study was published in the journal Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology by Willem Hoe and colleagues. The study involved individuals […]
In a recent study found the relationship between alcohol consumption, genetic predisposition and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF). The findings of this study were published in the BMC Medicine Journal. The study encompassed 399,329 subjects from the database of UK Biobank who were enrolled from 2006 to 2010. The study utilized genetic data to […]
Sweden: A recent study published in JAMA Network Open suggests no association between maternal stress during pregnancy and risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke up to middle age in the offspring. The cohort study involving 6.8 million participants from Sweden and Denmark revealed no association between maternal stress during pregnancy, defined as the […]
A recent study explored the efficacy of two common sedative agents, midazolam and dexmedetomidine, in third molar surgery – a prevalent minor oral surgical procedure in dentistry. The study findings suggest that both dexmedetomidine and midazolam are effective sedative agents for third molar surgery. This study was published in the journal Cureus by Alden Jason […]
The research paper presents a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the analgesic efficacy of neurolytic splanchnic nerve block (NSNB) in treating chronic upper abdominal pain caused by malignancies involving the liver, gall bladder, stomach, and pancreas. The study also assesses the impact of NSNB on quality of life, opioid consumption, procedural safety, and patient survival. […]