The department of sports medicine at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) introduced a minimally invasive surgical procedure for a rare and agonising hip condition known as hip synovial chondromatosis, affecting only one in a lakh and causing severe pain and mobility impairment. ...
Depression can significantly raise the risk of death in women with breast cancer -- the most common cancer among females, and a leading cause of death globally -- finds a study on Monday. ...
Increased stress in life and a sedentary lifestyle combined with a spike in consumption of junk food, smoking tobacco, and alcohol is behind the surging cases of diseases in India, said experts here on Tuesday....
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a novel nanosensor that targets cytokines -- proteins that help control the body’s inflammation levels -- and helps in the rapid diagnosis and progression of various diseases in 30 minutes. ...
A team of South Korean scientists has developed a new labelling technology that can observe neuronal structure in detail and help decode degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as stroke -- known to cause malfunction and progressive degeneration of the nerve cells....
South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Monday said that the government is ready to discuss the increased quota in medical school admissions with doctors in an open manner if they come up with a unified and more reasonable measure....
Over half of urban Indians (about 51 per cent) use words or phrases from specific regional languages to express love language or in humorous or witty situations, which cannot be fully translated into English, according to a report on Monday. ...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday said that a balanced diet plays an important role in strengthening the immune system, making it more resilient to infections like tuberculosis (TB)....
The government's One Health approach is vital for both predicting as well as preventing any future zoonotic -- disease that jumps from animals to humans -- outbreak, health experts opined on Saturday, ahead of the World Health Day which is marked every year on April 7. ...
Ayushman Bharat, India's flagship healthcare initiative, has enabled people from underprivileged backgrounds to get access to quality healthcare, said top cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty on Saturday. ...
