NIH Clinical Center releases dataset of 32,000 CT images
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Clinical Center has made a large-scale dataset of CT images publicly available to help the scientific community improve detection accuracy of lesions. While most publicly available medical image datasets have less than a thousand lesions, this... read more
Practicing yoga during pregnancy reduces stress
A study published July 17, 2018 in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research says that practicing yoga activates the parasympathetic nervous system during the third trimester of pregnancy leading to longer nighttime sleep duration. Salivary α-amylase levels also decreased... read more
Low-dose ketamine non-inferior to morphine morphine for controlling acute pain
A systematic review and meta-analysis published July 17, 2018 in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine suggests that low dose ketamine may be considered as an alternative to.... read more
US FDA approves second filgrastim biosimilar
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved filgrastim-aafil (Nivestym, Pfizer), a biosimilar filgrastim (Neupogen, Amgen). Filgrastim is a recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.... read more
History of migraine increases the risk of tinnitus
The risk of cochlear disorders, especially for tinnitus, was found to be significantly higher among patients with a history of migraines supporting to the concept of cochlear migraine in a study published online July 12, 2018 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.... read more