Editorial |
 
Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
19th August 2020Multispeciality
Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16. Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity. Coronavirus Cases: 22,041,304, Deaths: 777,194, Recovered: 14,783,670... Read more » |
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO, HCFI and Past National President IMA
19th August 2020Multispeciality
It’s been now seven months since COVID-19 was first detected last year in December in Wuhan, China. We have come a long way since then and the knowledge and experience gained over this time has certainly helped to better manage the patients.
Timely diagnosis and treatment give the patient the best chance to recover from COVID-19. It is important to carefully elicit the medical history. Otherwise, important health cues can be missed and the disease may be misdiagnosed,... Read more » |
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19th August 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
Fructose, its metabolite uric acid, and aldose reductase (AR) are strongly implicated in the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The role of AR or its metabolites is not clearly known in ALD. Investigators recently evaluated the role of AR or its metabolites in ALD ... Read more » |
Hypertension Update |
19th August 2020 Hypertension
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is displayed by decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Globally, CKD is a public health disorder and a higher incidence can be seen in the older population. Evidence shows that... Read more » |
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19th August 2020Allergy & Immunology Multispeciality
Zinc is essential for the proper functioning of the immune system. But, information about zinc homeostasis, zinc deficiency, and associated diseases is relatively new. In 1963, Dr. Prasad had proved for the first time the presence of zinc deficiency in man.... Read more » |
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News From All Specialities |
19th August 2020 Emergency Medicine Pathology & Lab Medicine
A mutation of the novel coronavirus seen in Europe, North America and parts of Asia could be more infectious but seems to be less lethal, stated a prominent infectious diseases specialist.
According to Paul Tambyah, who is a senior consultant at the National University of Singapore... Read more » |
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19th August 2020Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 positivity rate has been observed to stabilize at around 8% over the last fortnight, as daily testing increased by nearly 10-fold as compared to the previous month. India has crossed a total of more than three crore samples tested cumulatively... Read more » |
19th August 2020 NeurologyPharmacists
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to satralizumab-mwge for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in adults with a particular antibody. This includes patients who are anti-aquaporin-4 or AQP4 antibody-positive...Read more » |
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19th August 2020 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pharmacists
More data from observational studies has shown that famotidine, used for the treatment of heartburn, was associated with improved clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Use of famotidine in 83 patients was linked with a lower risk of in-hospital mortality... Read more » |
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19th August 2020 Business and Medicine Pharmacists
Two studies of risk factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients that were issued as preprints have now been published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology after peer review.
One of the analyses, which was a nationwide whole-population analysis, suggests that both type 1 ...Read more » |
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Medicolegal Corner |
19th August 2020
No, consent for stenting cannot be taken from the non-spouse accompanying relatives of the patient, unless the patient is minor, mentally challenged or incapacitated.
The MCI Code of Ethics Regulation, 2002 state:...Read more » |
eMedi Humor |
19th August 2020
One semester when my brother, Peter, attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, an art-student friend of his asked if he could paint Peter's portrait for a class assignment. Peter agreed, and the art student painted and submitted the portrait, only to receive a C minus...Read more » |
eMedi Quiz |
19th August 2020
a. Videoconference
b. Hybrid teledermatology
c. Store-and-forward teledermatology...Read more » |
Lifestyle Updates |
19th August 2020
Key 1: Keep clean : Wash hands before handling food and frequently during food preparation.
Wash hands after using the toilet.
Wash and sanitize all surfaces and equipment used in food preparation... Read more » |
19th August 2020
Stress is the reaction of the body or the mind to the interpretation of a known situation. Stress management, therefore, involves either changing the situation, changing the interpretation or taming the body the yogic way in such a way that stress does not affect the body...Read more » |
19th August 2020
One night a man came to our house and told me, "There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days," I took some food and I went. When I finally came to the family, I saw the faces of those little children disfigured by hunger...Read more » |
Medical Voice |
19th August 2020
New York: Researchers have found a striking association between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of death among patients (especially men) diagnosed with Covid-19. According to the study, published in journal Annals of Internal Medicine, this association was iThe findings suggest...Read more » |
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From Other Newsletter |
Nephrology |
A randomized-controlled trial compared the practical efficacy of olmesartan with azilsartan in 84 patients treated with conventional ARBs for more than 3 months. These patients were randomly allocated to receive either 20mg of olmesartan (olmesartan medoxomil, OL group) or 20mg of azilsartan (azilsartan, AZ group)... Read more » |
Orthopedics |
People with sarcopenic obesity (SO) have both low muscle mass, i.e., sarcopenia, and high body fat, i.e., obesity. These individuals are at a greater risk of metabolic diseases and physical disability when compared with people with sarcopenia or obesity alone... Read more » |
Pediatrics |
An article published in the World Allergy Organization Journal elaborated on how the skin barrier structure and function are essential to human health. The authors stated that unrecognized functions of epidermal keratinocytes show... Read more »
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Surgery |
Biofilm has often been cited as a key pathological factor in non-healing wounds. It therefore seems crucial to manage the biofilm in order to expedite wound healing and achieve the desired outcome.
A study by Scully and colleagues compared the clinical and in vitro performance... Read more »
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