Category: health

  Hyderabad, Aug 30: International Trauma Care (ITC) – Hyderabad Chapter conducted a one-day Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on Trauma Care at Osmania General Hospital on Saturday, bringing together leading trauma-care experts, postgraduate medical students, nurses and paramedics to discuss the growing burden of trauma and the need for a systematic, multidisciplinary…

Indian Railways has launched a special cleanliness and disinfection drive across its network to strengthen the safety and hygiene of drinking-water facilities and ensure passengers have access to clean and potable water at railway stations. As part of the initiative, Zonal Railways will inspect and maintain the complete drinking-water supply…

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has announced plans to introduce round-the-clock specialist medical services at district and general hospitals across the state, with the initiative aimed at bringing advanced healthcare closer to people’s homes. The programme will cover key departments including general medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics and gynaecology, with specialist treatment…

A new study suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may be detected by brain imaging more than seven years earlier than previously assumed. Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo led the study, published in Nature Neuroscience. The study suggests that the gold standard for imaging in Alzheimer’s…

Mumbai, Aug 20: Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital has launched a dedicated Cancer Helpline to help patients and their families navigate the complexities that often follow a cancer diagnosis.  the helpline is designed to provide timely guidance, support and direction at every stage of the cancer care journey. A cancer…

Researchers create the first multi-responsive gel built from ‘foldamers’ – a discovery that could lead to smart sensors, switchable catalysts, and more. University of Birmingham scientists have developed a new material that changes from a gel to a liquid-like state under ultraviolet light and can be rebuilt using heat or…

A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team has developed a new “catheter first” approach for managing newborns with the most severe heterotaxy-associated congenital heart disease. The minimally invasive strategy grew out of the team’s 217-patient study—the largest published analysis of its kind—which found that fewer than half of the highest-risk infants…

New Delhi, Aug 7: Apollo Athenaa, Asia’s first dedicated women cancer centre by Apollo Hospitals, announced the launch of India’s first one stop comprehensive Lymphedema Clinic, accredited by the Lymphatic Education & Research Network – an internationally recognised non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing education, research and advocacy for lymphatic diseases—setting a…

  Seoul, Korea, Aug 3: — Mezzion Pharma Co., Ltd. today announced positive results from a new in vivo study of udenafil, a novel phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In a preclinical ADPKD model, udenafil reduced kidney cyst burden and blood urea nitrogen…

New Delhi, July 28: The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail prices of 3,845 new medicines, a move aimed at improving transparency and ensuring greater affordability for patients. The government said the price regulation initiative is part of ongoing efforts to make essential medicines more accessible while…