India’s first robotic liver surgery on donor saves kid
For the first time in India, a robot has been used successfully for liver transplant. Doctors at Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon have performed the robotic surgery to take out a portion of the liver of the donor to be transplanted in a [...]
Scheme for children with cancer soon
The State Government will soon announce a scheme under which free treatment will be provided to children suffering from blood cancer.
Children below 12 years will be covered by the scheme.
State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed this [...]
Seven test tube twins born in 12 hours to create world record in Bulandshahr
Fourteen test tube babies were born using the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure to seven childless mothers in Bulandshahr.
Gist:
Uttar Pradesh doctors have set a new world record.
Fourteen test tube babies were born using the in-vitro [...]
Home therapy is key to ‘normal life’ with HAE
People with a rare genetic condition called hereditary angioedema (HAE) can lead a normal life with home therapy, experts say.
Unexplained swellings, excruciating pain and days spent vomiting or in bed.
These were the kind of symptoms Rachel [...]
Statins prevent cancer in heart transplant patients
Statins prevent cancer and reduce death from all causes in heart transplant recipients, independently of cholesterol levels, says a new study.
Frank Enseleit, deputy director of heart failure and transplantation at University Hospital in Zurich, [...]
Doctors need to be empathetic
To get fulfilment in life, one has to enrich it with a lot of experiences, engagements and sufferings, and it is important for a doctor to know suffering, said noted cardiologist from Macedonia Sasko Kedev, delivering the inaugural address at [...]
Session III Q&A: Global Health: Treatment as Prevention || 7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health
Session Chair: Till Bärnighausen, MD, Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Max Essex, Ph.D. Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health Till Bärnighausen, [...]
Session III: Global Health: Treatment as Prevention || 7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health
Session Chair: Till Bärnighausen, MD, Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Max Essex, Ph.D. Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health Till Bärnighausen, [...]
Q&A for Sean Faircloth “Can Religion Justify Bullying Children”
The book “Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All & What We Can Do About It” is available in audiobook, electronic, and hardcopy: richarddawkins.net Learn about a Ten Point Vision of a Secular America: www.youtube.com [...]
Premature babies at risk of heart disease
A new research led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that young adults who are born prematurely show multiple biological signs of risks to future health.
The study of 48 volunteers aged 18-27 found that those who were born at 33 weeks [...]
