Feeling tired even after getting enough sleep, experiencing frequent muscle cramps, noticing increased hair fall, or having persistent bone and back pain? These symptoms may be associated with vitamin D deficiency and should not be ignored. The best source of this valuable vitamin is natural sunlight. Despite abundant sunshine in Navi Mumbai and across India, …
A patient suffering from chronic migraine for nearly a decade has reported improvement in symptoms after undergoing endoscopic migraine surgery at a Delhi hospital, doctors said. The surgery was performed by Dr Swaroop Singh Gambhir, senior plastic surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, after the patient failed to achieve sustained relief through conventional medical treatments. …
Doctors at a hospital in Mumbai have successfully performed a timely heart transplant on a teen from Navi Mumbai who was suffering from severe heart complications. Calling it a first for a public children’s hospital in Mumbai to achieve this milestone, the life-saving procedure was performed by a team led by Dr Biswa Panda, paediatric …
The first liver transplant in a government hospital in the Northeast was carried out at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. A team of doctors led by Dr Senthil Kumar conducted the 16-hour surgery, which began on Friday, on a 48-year-old man, who …
We are all guilty of falling down a midnight rabbit hole of depressing news or flawless social media feeds. But what does it actually do to our nervous systems? Quite a lot, actually. Every distressing headline or too-perfect photo tells your body there is danger nearby, even though you are just lying safely in bed. …
Nigeria has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with 44 contacts identified and being monitored. The case makes Nigeria the fifth country to detect the virus since an outbreak of the disease was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 15, 2026, …
For an 88-year-old woman, even simple movement had become difficult. For more than 25 years, she had lived with severe pain in both knees due to advanced osteoarthritis. Over the last three years, her mobility had deteriorated to the point that she became dependent on a wheelchair and needed her family’s assistance as she has …
Doctors at a Gurugram hospital have successfully treated a 32-year-old woman with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy alongside an ongoing pregnancy inside the uterus following in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), removing the ruptured fallopian tube while preserving the intrauterine pregnancy. The woman, who was 11 weeks pregnant, was diagnosed with heterotopic pregnancy, a rare condition in which an …
Menopause is commonly associated with hot flashes, irregular periods, mood changes and disturbed sleep. But the hormonal transition also affects body composition and metabolic health. Many women notice that their waistline starts increasing during midlife, sometimes even when the number on the weighing scale has not changed dramatically. One important reason is the decline in …
Two high-risk anatomical zones have been identified by AIIMS doctors to help reduce bleeding and prevent injury to vital organs during complex cancer surgery in women. Dr M D Ray, professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at Dr BRA-IRCH, AIIMS Delhi, along with his team identified an area below the uterine vessels as the …
