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Breaking Trial: Medications as effective as stents or bypass for stable heart blockages

Dr KK Aggarwal, 12 December 2019
#Multispeciality

The ISCHEMIA trial, a new study reported at November’s American Heart Association meeting, suggests that for most, managing heart blockages with optimal drugs alone is as safe and effective as putting a stent or doing a bypass surgery.The trial followed over 5,000 patients with significant narrowing in one or more heart arteries. Half of the patients were randomly selected to receive optimal ...more

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Prenatal Opioid Use Linked to Increased Mortality for Moms
eMediNexus, 01 December 2019
#Obstetrics and Gynecology #Pathology and Lab Medicine #Public Health

Women with prenatal opioid use are over 10 times more likely to die during the 10 years after giving birth than women who do not use opioids, a study has found. Most of those deaths are avoidable, the researchers say.Investigators studied data on more than 4 million mothers in England and almost 1 million in Ontario. Using neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) as a marker for opioid use during pregna ...more

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Kolkata woman undresses doctor forcefully, takes his pictures and blackmails him
, 11 December 2019
#Multispeciality

On Monday, four persons have been arrested here for allegedly trying to blackmail and extort money from a Kashmiri doctor who is practicing in Kolkata. A senior ...more

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Illegal clinic in Sion running for 3 years, four fake doctors arrested
, 11 December 2019
#Multispeciality

The Mumbai crime branch has conducted a crackdown on quacks and arrested four frauds from Sion area who were practicing allopathy. The accused persons are class ...more

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Today is International Universal Health Coverage Day
eMediNexus, 11 December 2019
#Business And Medicine #Public Health

On December 12, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a resolution urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) & ...more

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Medical Voice 11th December 2019
Dr KK Aggarwal, 11 December 2019
#Multispeciality

Respiratory Health Improves Quickly With Better Air QualityImprovements in environmental air quality result in quick and dramatic health benefits, according to ...more

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                Risk Factors for Sudden Infant Death: It's All in the Timing              
            
              eMediNexus, 11 December 2019            

        #Obstetrics and Gynecology      
        #Pediatrics      
        #Public Health      
      Sudden unexpected early neonatal deaths within the first week of life are associated with distinct features that diverge from sudd      ...MORE
    
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                Aspirin Key to Expanding Access to Effective Migraine Treatment?              
            
              eMediNexus, 11 December 2019            

        #Internal Medicine      
        #Neurology      
        #Pharmacist      
      Aspirin is an effective option for acute treatment and prevention of recurrent migraine attacks, particularly among patients who c      ...MORE
    
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                Poor Sleep Worsens Recovery from Chronic Low Back Pain              
            
              eMediNexus, 10 December 2019            

        #Neurology      
        #Orthopedics      
        #Pharmacist      
        #Rheumatology      
      Sleep problems may decrease the likelihood of recovery from chronic low back pain (LBP) over the long-term and those who have musc      ...MORE
    
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                Canagliflozin Helps Heart, Kidneys Even in 'Well-Controlled' Diabetes              
            
              eMediNexus, 10 December 2019            

        #Cardiology      
        #Diabetes and Endocrinology      
        #Internal Medicine      
        #Nephrology      
        #Pharmacist      
      The SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin reduced the risk of cardiovascular (CV) and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes and ch      ...MORE
    
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                Long-Duration Vancomyc in Linked to Lower Rates of C. Diff Recurrence               
            
              eMediNexus, 09 December 2019            

        #Allergy and Immunology      
        #Critical Care      
        #Emergency Medicine      
        #Gastroenterology      
        #Infectious Diseases      
      In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a long course of oral vancomycin is associated with lower odds of Clostridioide      ...MORE
    
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                Respiratory Health Improves Quickly With Better Air Quality              
            
              eMediNexus, 09 December 2019            

        #Cardiology      
        #Family Medicine      
        #Infectious Diseases      
        #Internal Medicine      
        #Pathology and Lab Medicine      
      Improvements in environmental air quality result in quick and dramatic health benefits, according to a new literature review publi      ...MORE
    
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Protein supplementation for burns patients
eMediNexus, 07 December 2019
#Orthopedics

Burns are associated with significant metabolic derangements that necessitate nutritional support for burns pa ...MORE

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Effects of a high whey protein, vitamin D and E supplement on muscle mass, strength, and quality of life in older adults with sarcopenia
eMediNexus, 07 December 2019
#Orthopedics

In a recent randomized double-blind controlled trial, investigators assessed the effect of a nutritional suppl ...MORE

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Biologicals for severe asthma.
eMediNexus, 05 December 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Internal Medicine

Evidence suggests that the use of biological antibodies is safe in the management of asthma. A new article pub ...MORE

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Bone healing potential of Cissus quadrangularis
eMediNexus, 29 November 2019
#Orthopedics

Cissus quadrangularis L., a succulent plant of family Vitaceae, is known to have medicinal properties. The pla ...MORE

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Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia with Laxity of Joint
Sanjay Gupta, 07 December 2019
#Orthopedics

AbstractSpondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity (SEMDJL) is a distinctive form of skeletal dysplasia characterized by severe dwarfism, generalized ar ...MORE

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Atopic Dermatitis in an Adult: A Case Report
Dr DA Satish, Dr VK Radhika, 05 December 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Dermatology

A 44-year-old male presented with atopic dermatitis (AD) with onset from the age of 10 years. The dermatitis was severe, generalized and persistent from childho ...MORE

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Five-year Follow-up of a Case of Recurrent Desmoplastic Fibroma of the Forearm in a 13-year-old Boy
JS Arora, 29 November 2019
#Orthopedics

AbstractDesmoplastic fibromas are fibrous tissue tumors and can be called the bony analogs of the abdominal desmoid. They have been described as slow-growing, h ...MORE

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Stasis Dermatitis Complicated by Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Case Report
Dr Rajyalaxmi Konathan, Dr AS Kumar, 28 November 2019
#Allergy and Immunology #Dermatology

Stasis dermatitis is a common component of the clinical spectrum of chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities. It may arise as an early sign of chro ...MORE

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Quizzes
eMediNexus, 11 December 2019
#Neurology

In all of the following conditions neuraxial blockade is absolutely contraindicated, except: ...MORE

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Quizzes
eMediNexus, 10 December 2019
#Dermatology

What condition is associated with this presentation? - A pink pearly nodule with telangiectasias, ulceration and rolled borders on the upper lip. ...MORE

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