Wellesley Medicentre

10/03/2021

Hope.

Could a Tamiflu-like oral pill to control SARS-CoV-2 stop COVID-19 before it gets severe?

02/01/2021

Wellesley Medicenter, First floor, 44A Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Kolkata India, is open 6 days a week.8am to 7pm.
We also send technicians to your homes or (offices) to collect samples.
Telephone numbers: 22293645; 22299920

02/01/2021

25% discount for patients 60 years young and above.

14/07/2020

AbstractAims. To describe the cardiac abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 and identify the characteristics of patients who would benefit most from echocard

30/01/2020

Good morning. Here are today's top stories fro AMA
January 30, 2020

Leading the News
Older adults who consume foods rich in flavonols may have lower Alzheimer’s risk, study suggests
Reuters (1/29,
Rapaport) reports a study of 921 adults over 80 followed for six years found that participants who consumed the most “flavonols were about half as likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those who consumed the least.” The researchers focused on “four flavonols in particular:
kaempferol, which is found in kale, beans, tea, spinach and broccoli;
quercetin, in tomatoes, kale, apples and tea;
myricetin, also in tea, as well as wine, kale, oranges and tomatoes; and
isorhamnetin, in pears, olive oil, wine and tomato sauce.” The findings were published in Neurology.

MedPage Today (1/29, George) reports participants “with the highest intake of total flavonols had higher levels of education and more participation in physical and cognitive activities,” and “a 48% lower rate of developing Alzheimer’s dementia,” compared to the lowest quintile of total flavonols intake. Of the four flavonols studied, kaempferol intake demonstrated the greatest reduction in Alzheimer’s risk, while “quercetin was not associated with Alzheimer’s dementia.”

HealthDay (1/29, Norton) reports the quintile “with the highest intake consumed 15 milligrams (mg) a day, on average – three times more than people with the lowest flavonol intake.”

25/09/2019

Leading the News (Courtesy AMA)
CDC says hundreds of new va**ng injuries have been reported over past week
The Wall Street Journal (9/24, Burton, Subscription Publication) reports that over the past week, federal and state health officials have reported hundreds of new cases of lung injuries tied to va**ng. Dr. Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director of the CDC, said that va**ng-related injuries have surpassed the previously estimated total of 530.
The AP (9/24, Perrone) reports Dr. Schuchat told Congress that “hundreds more” cases have been reported since Thursday. Dr. Schuchat also said that there have now been nine reported deaths in total.

22/09/2019

Omega-3 fatty acid plasma concentrations were inversely associated with risk for heart failure in new study.

13/09/2019

NOT a fairy tale.

Hans Christian Joachim Gram was a Danish bacteriologist noted for his development of the Gram stain, still a standard technique to classify bacteria and make them more visible under a microscope.

29/08/2019

Do Pathologists Have Extrasensory Perception?

12/08/2019

Dalfampridine, approved almost a decade ago for improving walking for patients with multiple sclerosis, may also improve information-processing speed, a measure of cognitive function, new research suggests.

02/08/2019

AMA
Leading the News
Study identifies six exercises that reduce risk of obesity
The Los Angeles Times (8/1, Healy) reports on a study published in PLOS Genetics “that identifies six ways people with unlucky bits of DNA can stave off the accumulation of excess pounds.” While, according to the Times, “inheritance...accounts for somewhere between 21% and 84% of the average person’s propensity to become obese,” the study “found that fat-prone residents who jogged regularly were the most likely to overcome their inherited vulnerability to obesity.” Researchers “also found that mountain climbing, long yoga sessions, ballroom dancing, ‘exercise walking’ and even plain-old walking helped ward off a body-mass index (or BMI) that defines obesity.” The study included data from 18,424 Taiwanese citizens 30 to 70 years old from Taiwan’s central Biobank.
Newsweek (8/1, Gander) reports participants “were marked down as working out regularly if they exercised for at least 30 minutes, three times a week.” Researchers found that “exercising regularly appeared to ease the overall influence of genes linked to obesity on four measures: BMI and body fat, as well as waist and hip circumference.” In addition, investigators found that “exercising for less than 30 minutes three times a week is not enough to reduce the adverse genetic influence on obesity.”