Surgeons at Fortis Hospital perform Hybrid Surgery on 8yr old boy suffering from structurally abnormal heart supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2017 1:39 PM ISTMumbai : A team of Cardiac Surgeons, Radiologist and Cardiologists from Fortis Hospital, Mulund performed ‘Hybrid Surgery’ on little Mahesh ; an 8 yr...
CDC-WHO Ebola guidelines could put sewer workers at risk- Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2017 1:38 PM ISTResearch from Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh suggests that guidelines for safe disposal of liquid waste from patients being...
Prostate cancer tests are now OK with US panel, with caveats supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2017 1:37 PM ISTAn influential U.S. government advisory panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for...
Urolithiasis and ureteric colic-Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap13 April 2017 9:59 AM ISTAmerican urological association (AUA) has been the frontrunner in formulating guidelines for Urolithiasis since 1991. Since then, editions of...
Soon, a blood test to detect shaken baby syndrome supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 1:00 PM ISTWashington : A team of scientists has come up with a new medical test that may help identify infants who may have had bleeding of the brain as a...
Inhaled corticosteroids may raise women's risk of the metabolic syndrome supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 12:59 PM ISTOrlando : Use of inhaled corticosteroids in women is associated with a higher body mass index (BMI) and an increased prevalence of the metabolic...
CASE-Minimal invasive endoscopic removal of long fine dressing pin at Fortis SL Raheja supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 12:49 PM ISTMumbai : A 28-yr-old healthy female accidentally ingested a long fine dressing pin which she was holding in her mouth while tying a veil. She was...
Hospital care standards released for delivering high-quality surgical care to older adults supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 9:59 AM ISTChicago : The first comprehensive set of hospital-level surgical care standards for older adults has been released and published on the Annals of...
Detection of curable forms of hypertension: Endocrine Society issues Scientific Statement supriya kashyap kashyap12 April 2017 9:52 AM ISTWashington : A new Scientific Statement issued by the Endocrine Society advises healthcare providers on ways to spot hormonal causes of high blood...
Milestone: Manipal doctors discover new genetic disease supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 2:21 PM ISTManipal : The department of medical genetics at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal led by Dr. Girish Katta has discovered a new genetic disease called...
Benzodiazepines linked to increased risk of pneumonia in Alzheimer's patients supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 12:37 PM ISTCommonly used sedatives called benzodiazepines are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia when used in people with Alzheimer disease,...
HbA1C - Best test for screening diabetes in children supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 12:37 PM ISTOrlando : Doctors should add an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to their hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) when they screen high-risk children for prediabetes...
