Twenty-two years after successfully overcoming breast cancer, a 52-year-old woman believed the disease was firmly behind her. An avid trekker and mountaineer, she had returned to a full and active life after undergoing breast-conserving surgery, chemotherapy and radiation in her early thirties. For more than two decades, her follow-up visits remained uneventful, and she enjoyed …
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore claimed to have developed a non-invasive technique that can detect early signs of oral cancer using only saliva and a swab sample from the inner surface of the mouth. The researchers plan to validate the findings in larger and more diverse groups of patients, and then …
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history that killed over 11,000 people out of more than 28,000 cases, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. "At its current pace, it's on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016," Tedros …
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot has performed its first corneal transplant surgery, providing emergency treatment to a 65-year-old woman from Kodinar in Gir Somnath district whose severe corneal infection had failed to respond to medical treatment. The successful keratoplasty marks the commencement of specialised corneal transplantation services at the institute. The …
The arrival of the monsoon brings welcome relief from scorching summer temperatures, yet it simultaneously introduces a health challenge that often goes unnoticed: weeks of overcast skies, persistent rain, and a sharp decline in direct sunlight exposure. During this transition, it is easy to attribute lingering sluggishness or low energy solely to the damp, gloomy …
A team doctors in Navi Mumbai has brought renewed hope to a 28-year-old woman living with Sjögren's syndrome-associated ganglionopathy, a rare neurological complication of the autoimmune disease. With a previous history of autoimmune myositis, she endured a long and painful journey marked by severe dry eyes and mouth, muscle weakness, fatigue, imbalance, numbness, and progressive …
A normal electrocardiogram (ECG) should not be interpreted as proof that the heart is free of disease, cardiovascular surgeon Dr Rahul Chandola said, stressing that while the test is an important diagnostic tool, it cannot by itself determine the overall health of the heart or identify blocked coronary arteries. Dr Chandola, founder and managing director …
The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), a laboratory under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has come up with a unique adhesive to close wounds, both after surgeries and during accidents, officials said on Saturday. The product has been licenced and while IICT has already tied up with a pharmaceutical company and …
Bengaluru doctors have successfully saved the life of a 57-year-old woman who came to the hospital with giddiness and a newly developed headache. While there were no obvious clinical signs of stroke or bleeding, the headache was unusual enough to warrant further evaluation leading to an MRI. The scan showed no evidence of a stroke …
In a major advancement for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, a Mumbai-based doctor has published groundbreaking research that could help make a particular surgery more accurate, personalised and safer for thousands of patients around the world. The research in published in the internationally reputed, peer-reviewed journal Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, by …
