In a randomized trial of patients with angina and no obstructive Coronary artery disease(ANOCA), 6 weeks of treatment with diltiazem did not improve coronary vasomotor dysfunction — apart from epicardial spasm — or angina symptoms and quality of life. The trial investigated whether this therapy would improve these outcomes in patients with two endotypes of […]
Conference News
Pregnant women with even mild hypertension should receive blood pressure–lowering medications to reduce the likelihood of adverse outcomes for the mother and the child, according to a large, open-label, randomized trial. “Treating to the blood pressure goal in this study reduced the risk of adverse events associated with pregnancy but did not impair fetal growth,” […]
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In the post-acute phase, we report increased risks and 12-month burdens of incident diabetes and antihyperglycaemic use in people with COVID-19 compared with a contemporary control group of people who were enrolled during the same period and had not contracted SARS-CoV-2, and a historical control group from a pre-pandemic era. Post-acute COVID-19 care should involve […]
COVID-19 Study Updates
A low-sodium diet was not associated with a reduction in future clinical events in a new study in ambulatory patients with Heart Failure. But there was a moderate benefit on quality of life and New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class. The results of the SODIUM-HF trial were presented today at the American college of […]
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Younger, nonsmoking oral cancer patients have a higher risk of death than that of young smokers, and the outcomes may be related to immune deficiencies. The finding comes from a database of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients treated between 1985 and 2015. Recent studies have shown an association between high neutrophil to lymphocyte […]
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Jaipur : The Doctors across the State of Rajasthan has now called for a Complete Shutdown of services Which includes Routine OPD,IPD, Diagnostic and Emergency Services on Saturday ,22nd April 2022 Demanding Justice for Dr. Archana Sharma . The doctors have demanded that an abetement to suicide case is to be filed against Six Culprits […]
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Empagliflozin improves Cognitive impairment in Frail Diabetics with HFpEF Italy: Empagliflozin a SGLT2 inhibitor improves the cognitive and Physical impairment in frail older adults Heart failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Type 2 Diabetes a recent study has found. It is to be noted that this study was published in Journal Diabetes care on March […]
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Chest CT Lesion Size in Acute COVID-19 Can Predict Late Myocardial Injury NOTE :The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. KEY POINTS: 1:Left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) global longitudinal strain (GLS) were reduced in patients with severe pulmonary lesions (at […]
COVID-19 Study Updates
Gastaut Syndrome – FDA Approved New Med for Lennox The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved fenfluramine (Fintepla) oral solution, a Schedule IV controlled substance, for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in children aged 2 years and older, the company has announced. Fenfluramine is already approved in the US […]
New Drug Approvals