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  • Big relief for a 15-year-old boy from severe spinal deformity

    Hyderabad: Doctors at Secunderabad KIMS Hospital gave a lifetime relief for a 15-year-old boy suffering from a spinal deformity. The boy underwent complex surgery to bring his spine back to normal stage.  The boy’s parents thanked doctors for resuscitating their child, whose spine had grown abnormally and had difficulty breathing up to the chest. A […]

    Big relief for a 15-year-old boy from severe spinal deformity

    Hyderabad: Doctors at Secunderabad KIMS Hospital gave a lifetime relief for a 15-year-old boy suffering from a spinal deformity. The boy underwent complex surgery to bring his spine back to normal stage.  The boy’s parents thanked doctors for resuscitating their child, whose spine had grown abnormally and had difficulty breathing up to the chest. A 15-year-old […]

    Ben-Gurion University Researchers: Cannabis Reduces Blood Pressure in OlderAdults

    A new discovery by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and its affiliated Soroka University Medical Center shows that medical cannabis may reduce blood pressure in older adults. The study, published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, is the first of its kind to focus on the effect of cannabis on blood pressure, heart […]

    Hospido launches Home Care for Oncology Patients

    New Delhi: Hospido, a tech enabled online platform dedicated to treating Cancer patients all over India has forayed into the Home care segment for cancer patients across India.  With a super- specialized team of efficient nurses having expertise in handling cancer patients, Hopsido aims to provide Doctor-driven treatment from the comfort of the patient’s home. The […]

    India Draws Praise from Global Health Community for Holistic Cancer Efforts at IHW Council’s 2nd Cancer E-summit

    · Ms Payden, Deputy WHO Representative to India lauded the country’s National Viral Hepatitis Control Program that has 91% coverage and Ayushman Bharat for providing cancer treatment.· Healthcare experts emphasized that cancer cannot be treated in silos and multifactorial improvement in public healthcare is needed for a ‘continuum of care’ approach.· Cancer is killing 1900 […]

    ISIC Doctors Successfully Perform High-risk Surgery on 24-yr old girl to RepairCervical Spine Destroyed by an Infection amid this Covid-19 Pandemic

    New Delhi:  When 24-year-old Harsha (Name changed)  developed a throat infection earlier this year, little could she imagine it will destroy a part of her cervical spine and leading to a high-risk corrective surgery amid a pandemic, performed by the expert surgeon Dr Gururaj Sangondimath at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), New Delhi. The […]

    Alembic Global Holding SA receives USFDA Final Approval for Treprostinil Injection

    New Delhi: Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Alembic Global Holding SA has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Treprostinil Injection, 20 mg/20 mL (1 mg/mL), 50 mg/20 mL (2.5 mg/mL), 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL), and 200 mg/20 mL (10 […]

    Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity Gives New Lease of Life to a Short-Statured Man 4.5 ft in Height

    BENGALURU : A very challenging and risky bariatric surgery conducted by surgeons of Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru, has given a new lease of life to a 67-year-old patient of short stature who was suffering from morbid obesity. Weighing 77 kg, the patient Shekhar Krishnan had double his ideal weight, resulting in a BMI of 39 due […]

    New Method for Asymmetric N,N-Acetal Synthesis Promises Advances in Drug Development

    Scientists identify new method of preparing N,N-acetals with high enantiopurity using diketones, crowning a new approach to synthesizing bioactive drugs. Chiral N,N-acetals are an important component of several bioactive drugs and medicines. Owing to this, chemical reactions that lead to high-purity yield of the desired “enantiomeric” form are highly sought after. In a new study, […]

    AstraZeneca’s Dapagliflozin gets approval for Chronic Kidney Disease in India

    New Delhi: AstraZeneca India (AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited), a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company, today announced that they have received marketing authorisation for their anti-diabetic drug dapagliflozin, in India for the treatment of patients of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) up to Stage III . The receipt of this permission paves way for the launch of Dapagliflozin Tablets […]