Srinagar: Demanding a stipend hike for the MBBS interns in Jammu and Kashmir, the doctors have urged the Chief Minister, Health Minister, and Director of Health Services of Jammu and Kashmir to intervene. Currently, the MBBS interns in the Union Territory receive Rs 12,000 per month as their stipend. Highlighting the “urgent need for a significant […]
Acute myocardial infarction and acute kidney injury are life-threatening conditions caused by ischemia, resulting from reduced or blocked blood flow to organs. Although early restoration of blood flow improves survival, many patients still develop chronic heart or kidney failure. The mechanisms driving this transition from acute tissue injury to chronic dysfunction remain poorly understood, and […]
China: A new study has revealed that AOPT-LTL therapy significantly improves melasma by reducing melanogenesis, inflammation, angiogenesis, mast cell infiltration, and collagen degeneration, likely via inhibition of the SCF/c-KIT signaling pathway. The study, led by Bingrong Zhou and colleagues from the Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, China, was published […]
Sweden: A new meta-analysis published in Clinical Rheumatology highlights that individuals with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) face a significantly greater burden of metabolic syndrome (MetS) compared with the general population and patients with other inflammatory arthropathies such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The study, conducted by Sara Andreasson and Anna Södergren from the […]
Children and young adults who spend excessive hours glued to screens and electronic devices may have higher risks for cardiometabolic diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and insulin resistance, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association. A […]
Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up cognitive decline. For the first time, post-mortem tissue from people with AD revealed that those who lived in areas with higher concentrations of fine particulate matter in the air even […]
Apollo transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy devices by neurocare group have received FDA clearance for treating adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD). Major depression affects an estimated 5 million adolescents in the U.S. each year, yet treatment options remain limited. Currently, only two oral antidepressants are FDA-approved for use in this age group, and both […]
Sweden: Women living with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) face a significantly greater risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy, and this risk rises in a dose-dependent manner with worsening blood sugar control around conception, according to new research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. The study, led by Natalie Holowko and colleagues from […]
China: Researchers have found in a new study that transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) appears to be a safe and effective therapy for reducing uterine contraction pain in women following cesarean delivery. The trial, published in JAMA Network Open by Xingyu Xiong and colleagues from the Department of Anesthesiology at the Affiliated Hospital of […]
A quicker, cheaper MRI scan was just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer as the current 30-40 minute scan and should be rolled out to make MRI scans more accessible to men who need one, according to clinical trial results led by UCL, UCLH and the University of Birmingham. The PRIME trial, funded by the […]