In the cases of severely injured patients with excessive bleeding, the need of the hour would be a blood transfusion. But if older stored blood were to be used, it could lead to life-threatening symptoms such as pneumonia, dysfunction in blood flow, and an increased inflammation in organs. The research team found a link between older stored blood transfusion and subsequent bacterial pneumonia.
A study conducted in ten hospitals found that NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Test), was safer, more accurate and more effective in detecting chromosomal abnormalities in unborns, compared to conventional marker tests and ultrasound studies.
With dyslexic patients, the light receptor cells (rods and cones) were arranged in matching forms in the center of each eye. In non-dyslexic patients, the receptor cells do not match, leading to a single image. The matching cells confuse the brain, by forming a mirror image in the opposite hemisphere. A slight delay between the brain producing a primary image and the other hemisphere’s mirror image was noticed.
On Sunday, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, Novartis revealed the final outcome, showing that among patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, adding Kisqali to fulvestrant kept the disease away for eight months longer than fulvestrant alone.
For Mental Health Month, (HABRI) - The Human Animal Bond Research Institute summarized the recent scientific research on the mental health benefits of the human-animal bonds to raise awareness for people who may benefit from animal companionship therapy. HABRI is a non-profit organization that funds research into the health interest of human-animal interaction. A recent study has uncovered new benefits for stress, depression, post-traumatic stress and for managing mental health.
Anxiety isn't fun and every individual has experienced it at some point in life. As smartphones become so important in our daily lives, it appears that mobile apps that can help us control anxiety would be a real life changer. Applications which don’t require large amounts of money and genuinely work. We have listed 5 life-changing free apps to help control your anxiety.
Till date, there is no definite treatment for split hairs. In order to reform the keratin bonds for shiny hair, it requires the right pH conditions. That was how, the research team from China incorporated easily available and cost effective gluten, which brings in the optimal pH levels in order to repair dry and brittle hair.
Consumption of commonly available Ibuprofen for just two days by pregnant women during their first 24 weeks may reduce the fertility of their unborn child in future if it is a girl. The child’s egg production after puberty could be affected. This shocking discovery was unveiled by a research team from the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in France.
A team of scientists from Tubingen Institute of Tropical Medicine, and German company Deutschen Malaria GmbH, discovered a new combinational medicine which could effectively cure malarial without any side effects
The study did find that folic acid alone or in combination, may reduce cardiovascular diseases and strokes but niacin and antioxidants showed little effect.
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