Medical study

Centre approves reduction of NEET-PG exam cutoff by 15 percentile

In an official communication to the National Board of Examinations, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has said that it has been decided by the health ministry to reduce the cut off by 15 percentile across all categories.

Mar 12, 2022, 16:32 PM IST

COVID-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy at birth in India by two years: Study

The study highlighted that the age-wise mortality disruptions caused by the pandemic impacted more men than women. 

Oct 23, 2021, 10:30 AM IST

Aspirin preferred for children post-surgery to prevent blood clots: Study

The research, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, will have implications for clinicians when prescribing blood-thinning medications after Fontan surgery, a complex congenital heart disease operation redirecting blood flow from the lower body to the lungs.

Feb 15, 2021, 15:47 PM IST

Long-term damage seen from brain injuries: large study

The study in the journal PLOS Medicine included some 100,000 children and adolescents in Sweden who were born between 1973 and 1985 and had sustained at least one traumatic brain injury, or TBI, before the age of 25.

Aug 24, 2016, 00:42 AM IST