New Delhi: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA), Telangana, raided an unqualified practitioner's clinic in Shayampet village of Hanumakonda district and seized illegally stocked medicines, including antibiotics, steroids, and habit-forming drugs.The…
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued an alert concerning three additional drug batches, with preliminary findings suggesting that the products may be spurious, pending the…
Presbycusis is a prevalent form of age-related hearing loss that also hinders speech recognition. While scientists have linked hearing loss to an increased risk of cognitive decline, the biological “bridge”…
A new study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology found proof of veverimer being effective in the treatment of metabolic acidosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. While the…
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that two osteoporosis drugs (etidronate and tiludronate) may combat diseases caused by iron accumulation in the body. In…
The effectiveness of exercise therapy to ease the symptoms of osteoarthritis is likely minimal, short lived, and probably no better than no treatment at all, suggests an overarching (umbrella) systematic…
Two recent analyses highlight evolving perspectives on cervical cancer (CC) screening. One study from the United States found that a majority of women (61%) prefer in-clinic specimen collection over at-home…
A recent study in India reveals a high cardiometabolic burden, especially in urban areas, with prevalence rates of 44% for hypertension, 21% for diabetes, 23.5% for overweight, and 75% for…
A case report published in BMC Surgery by Jia Li. and colleagues has shown that a hemorrhagic gastric diverticulum can very much resemble a left adrenal tumor on imaging studies,…
Fresh off a failed trial that sent its shares plummeting, Novo Nordisk said that one of its experimental obesity drugs helped patients lose nearly 20% of their weight after 24…