New Delhi: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) recently upheld the charges of medical negligence against a Karnataka-based hospital, which was told to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to a patient. Previously, while considering the matter, the District Commission had held the neurosurgeon negligent and directed him to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation to the […]
China: Using a simple nasopharyngeal airway before painless gastrointestinal endoscopy can dramatically cut the risk of dangerous oxygen drops in obese outpatients, new research in Respiratory Medicine has reported. The prospective randomized trial found that inserting the soft airway tube ahead of the procedure nearly eliminated hypoxemia—episodes of low blood oxygen—without causing extra discomfort or […]
A study presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress 2025 found that individuals with psoriasis face a significantly increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease with multiple comorbidities, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This study is among the largest to date investigating whether […]
GLP-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic can be a lifeline for people with diabetes — helping stabilize blood glucose and lose weight which contributes to diabetes complications. But not everyone benefits equally. Scientists monitoring 92 individuals with diabetes in Japan over their first year of taking GLP-1 drugs found that people’s reasons for overeating may affect […]
India: 1% phytic acid is a suitable irrigating solution compared to 17% EDTA, as it causes less demineralization of radicular dentin. This conclusion comes from a recent in vitro study published in the Journal of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, which assessed the effect of these irrigants on calcium ion loss and the microhardness of root […]
Researchers have found in a large study of 927,130 adults that skipping breakfast raised fracture risk by 18% and late-night dinners by 8%. Smoking also increased risk, while daily alcohol intake, faster walking speed, and adequate sleep were protective, underscoring the role of meal timing in bone health. People who skip breakfast and eat late […]
The Apgar score was originally developed to standardise the assessment of term-born infants’ clinical condition at 1 min of life. However, accumulating research shows that the judgement at 5 and 10 min has better predictive value for in-hospital mortality and severe neurologic and non-neurologic morbidities in term-born infants. In very preterm (VPT) infants <32 weeks’ […]
Breast cancer patients who participated in a remote weight loss intervention program lost an average of 4.7 percent of their baseline body weight after one year, while those in the education only control group gained an average 1 percent of their baseline weight, according to a new report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators. The findings […]
China: The RCR index is linked to higher mortality in diabetic nephropathy patients and can help assess severity and guide ICU treatment. A new retrospective analysis, published in BMC Nephrology, explored the relationship between the red blood cell distribution width to serum calcium (RCR) ratio and all-cause mortality among critically ill patients with diabetic nephropathy […]
Vascular dementia–cognitive impairment caused by disease in the brain’s small blood vessels-is a widespread problem, but it has not been as thoroughly studied as Alzheimer’s disease, in which abnormal plaques and protein tangles are deposited in neural tissue. One researcher at The University of New Mexico hopes to change that. In a newly published paper […]