Editorial
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Dr KK Aggarwal, President CMAAO
7th September 2020Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
1076: Patients with COVID-19 and obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2) have a higher viral load and the virus may persist for longer
In a large multicentre trial, those with a BMI < 25 kg/m2 and COVID-19 took around 14 days to recover completely, those with BMI 25-30 kg/m2 took around 17 days, and those with a BMI > 30 kg/m2 took nearly 19-20 days. Dror Dicker, MD, from Hasharon Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel, presented the preliminary results of the work at the opening plenary of the virtual European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO) 2020... Read more »
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Dr K K Aggarwal, President CMAAO
7th September 2020Multispeciality
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
1075: Meta-analysis finds corticosteroids reduce risk of death in critically ill COVID-19 patients
DG Alerts excerpts: A meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested that the use of systemic corticosteroids in critically ill patients with COVID-19 was tied to lower 28-day all-cause mortality compared to usual care or placebo. The benefit was the same irrespective of age, sex or the duration of illness... Read more »
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7th September 2020Gastroenterology Hepatology Multispeciality
The etiology of Indian childhood cirrhosis (ICC) is not clear and is considered difficult to treat. However, a formulation that combines Capparis spinosa, Cichorium intybus, Solanum nigrum, Terminalia arjuna, Cassia occidentalis, Achillea millefolium, Tamarix gallica has shown beneficial... Read more »
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Hypertension Update
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7th September 2020 Hypertension
Hypertension is one of the primary cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Blood pressure (BP) lowering treatments can reduce the occurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure and CV and all-cause mortality. The detection of high BP is an important step in any CV prevention strategy with excellent health benefits... Read more » |
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7th September 2020Allergy & Immunology Multispeciality
Zinc plays an important role in various biochemical pathways. Deficiency of zinc can affect several organ systems, which includes the gastrointestinal, integumentary, skeletal, central nervous system, immune, and reproductive systems... Read more »
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News From All Specialities
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7th September 2020 Business and MedicinePathology & Lab Medicine
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will lead the procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccinations to make sure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses of the vaccines when they are available. The vaccine procurement and distribution effort that involves more than 170 economies,... Read more »
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7th September 2020Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
MOSCOW: The COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, which was approved by Russia last month, has been found to evoke antibody response with no serious adverse events in small human trials, suggest preliminary results published in The Lancet.
Results from early-phase non-randomized vaccine trials... Read more »
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7th September 2020 Pathology & Lab Medicine Pulmonary Medicine
New Delhi: A sero survey conducted at a hospital in the city over a 5-month period has shown that the antibodies in a person who has recovered from COVID-19 infection persist for about 60-80 days.
The antibodies were found to persist in the recovered patient's body for at least 60 days,... Read more »
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7th September 2020 Neurology Pharmacists
According to a randomized trial, surgery to widen and stabilize the soft palate and decrease the tongue size was found to improve outcomes among patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who did not respond to conventional treatments.
Early findings from the multicenter trial revealed that palatal surgery,...Read more »
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7th September 2020 Psychiatry Internal Medicine
A new evidence-based practice guideline has been released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the treatment of schizophrenia.
The focus of the new guideline is on assessment and treatment planning, both of which are integral parts of patient-centered care...Read more »
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Medicolegal Corner
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7th September 2020
Life-saving machines and devices such as pacemaker, CPAP, BiPAP, orthopedic implants, intracardiac valve replacements, vascular stents, relevant laboratory diagnostic tests, X-ray and such similar implants and machines are often prescribed by registered medical practitioners to their patients...Read more »
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eMedi Humor
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7th September 2020
While the doctor was talking to me, his nurse came in and said, "Doctor, there is a man here who thinks he’s invisible."
The doctor said, "Tell him I can’t see him."...Read more »
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eMedi Quiz
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7th September 2020
A. Develop a teaching plan
B. Facilitate psychologic adjustment
C. Maintain the present muscle strength...Read more »
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Lifestyle Updates
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7th September 2020
People exposed to second-hand smoke may face nearly 44% increased risk of developing dementia. Smoking is already known to increase the risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
A study from Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, England, published in the British Medical Journal,... Read more »
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7th September 2020
Sit on a straight-backed chair or you may also sit cross-legged on the floor.
Move your focus to a particular aspect of your breathing, for instance, the sensation of air flowing into the nostrils and out of the mouth, or the movement of your abdomen rising and falling as you inhale and exhale...Read more »
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7th September 2020
Once there was a hardworking man who delivered bread as a living to support his family. He spent all his evenings after work attending classes, in a hope to improve himself and one day, find a better paying job. He seldom ate a meal together with his family,...Read more »
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Survey
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Question 1 : Which of these courses would you pay for - You can select multiple options
How to modernize clinic
Growing your digitize you clinic and practice...Read more »
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Question 1 : How confident are you that you could recognize and respond to a potential coronavirus case?
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Moderately confident...Read more »
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Medbytes
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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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