Tag: annals of internal medicine
Nearly half of all SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic
Analysis of data from 16 groups of COVID-19 patients from around the world suggest number of 'silent' carriers' may be as high as 45%
A...
Day of testing is vital for accurate diagnosis of COVID-19
Day of testing plays a vital role in accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 as an early test amplify chances of being false negative
The most commonly...
Spironolactone improves heart failure fluid overload
Spironolactone improves heart failure fluid overload in patients not responding to conventional diuretics
Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need...
Nutritional supplements do more harm than good
New study shows nutritional supplements may do little good, some vitamin supplements increase stroke risk
Nutritional supplements may do more harm than good. These supplements...
Breast screening at 50 yrs, & alternate year thereafter is a...
New guideline shows that majority of average-risk women with no symptoms will benefit from mammography every other year beginning at age 50
Average-risk women, between...
Behavioral therapy more effective than drugs for urinary incontinence
Behavioral therapy alone or in combination with other interventions found to be more effective than pharmacologic therapy for Urinary incontinence
Behavioral therapy, alone or in...
Treating patients on dialysis for depression improves quality of life
Treatment of depression in dialysis patients with either the drug sertraline or counselling improves quality of life
Hemodialysis has extended lives of people with chronic...
Very hot tea linked to oesophageal cancer
Tea drunk at a very high temperature, along with tobacco and alcohol is a lethal combo, find Chinese researchersRegularly drinking very hot tea, when...
