An Indian-American army surgeon played a key role in an innovative minimally invasive procedure to remove a golf ball-sized brain tumour through a patient's nose, helping avoid open brain surgery. Major Jagatkumar Patel, an anterior skull base surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre near Washington, worked with neurosurgeon Lt Col Charles Miller …
There is a concerning surge in cases of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E infections during the monsoon. The causes can be attributed to contaminated food and drinking water. Factors such as heavy rainfall, waterlogging, overflowing drains, and poor sanitation create ideal conditions for these viruses to spread, and raise the chances of hepatitis A and …
Indian-American radiation oncologist Dattatreyudu Nori has said HPV vaccination could give India a decisive advantage in its fight against cervical cancer and help eliminate the disease in the coming years. “Now, with the HPV vaccination, we have an upper hand, and in few years, we'll be able to eliminate cancer of the cervix from India,” …
Infertility has quietly become one of the more pressing public health concerns of our time, touching nearly one in six people across the world. However, Mumbai health experts say the role that everyday chemical exposure may be playing in this doesn’t get highlighted as much as it should. Every year, World IVF Day is observed …
An AIIMS New Delhi-led review has brought together three decades of published childhood cancer survival evidence in India, providing policy makers the country's first consolidated picture of outcomes across major childhood cancers. The researchers screened 6,802 published articles up to December 2023 and included 182 studies from treatment centres across the country, covering 22,886 children, …
Pune doctors have given a new lease of life by performing a life-saving right mastectomy on a 27-year-old woman who was 26 weeks pregnant after diagnosing her with high-grade sarcoma of the breast, a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. The medical team successfully treated the mother while ensuring the safety of her unborn …
For Dhivaji Dhurat, a 52-year-old resident of Malad, life had slowly begun to shrink. Simple tasks that once seemed effortless walking short distances, climbing a flight of stairs or carrying groceries started triggering chest pain and breathlessness. Having undergone a heart angioplasty 15 years ago, he feared that something was seriously wrong again. The discomfort …
A 38-year-old woman from Mozambique, who had been undergoing treatment for psychiatric symptoms, anxiety, and persistent stomach discomfort—all of which were attributed to a psychological condition gradually lost the ability to walk. She has now made a remarkable recovery after doctors in Mumbai came to her rescue to not only discover the hidden reason but …
From morning alarms and work emails to online banking, food delivery, streaming platforms, and late-night scrolling, screens have become impossible to separate from modern life. For many people, especially in urban India, the distinction between necessary screen use and excessive screen use has become increasingly difficult to define. Unlike earlier conversations around technology, the concern …
A study by doctors at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College has found that a simple scoring system can help quickly identify serious health risks in premature and low-weight newborns and improve their chances of survival. The study, conducted on 181 premature babies at JK Lone Hospital in Jaipur, has highlighted the usefulness of the …
