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  • Medicover Hospitals, save India’s youngest Covid-19+ve patient using ‘Plasma Therapy’

    Hyderabad: A team of experts at Medicover Hospitals,  in Maharashtra saved the life of a two-months old infant who tested Covid-19+ve by performing ‘Plasma Therapy’. This arguably is the youngest patient in India (and around the World) on whom plasma transfusion was performed to save life. The child was admitted to the hospital under critical condition, with […]

    SAMI-Aid Launches At-Home COVID-19 Testing

    San Jose, California :SAMI-Aid, a patient-focused telemedicine platform and healthcare concierge company, now offers at-home COVID-19 testing. SAMI-Aid will offer the COVID-19 saliva test, a more comfortable alternative to the nasal test. With this new offering, SAMI-Aid becomes one of the first telemedicine companies to have a dedicated COVID-19 testing feature. “As a company that […]

    Ignoring timely medical care leading to hundreds of “brain stroke” deaths during Covid-19 pandemic

    Hyderabad : A 45-year-old male patient with a recent Delhi to Hyderabad travel history was rushed to the Medicover Hospitals after he experienced weakness on one side of his body for two days. Post a thorough assessment, it was identified that the patient suffered a “brain stroke”, and was ignorant of his condition, and with the fear of contracting […]

    DEP’s MeshWorks Extend the Life of Hip Implants

    Chennai: One of the most frequent and severe joint inflictions, osteoarthritis, often requires administration of a Total Hip Replacement (THR). This implant, being significantly load-bearing, requires a complex design that is strong enough to withstand long durations of load. Bone implant designs must be precise and durable in order to withstand significant load and pressure over time.  Detroit Engineered Products (DEP) effectively tackled this challenge by developing 3D […]

    COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 77.65 pct in country

    Nearly 33 lakh 24 thousand people in the country have recovered from the viral pandemic. In the last 24 hours, India witnessed one of the highest single day COVID-19 recoveries of over 73 thousand 500 patients. The overall recovery rate has also maintained its upward trend and has now reached at 77.65 per cent. The […]

    Vice President to address Virtually Valedictory of National Eye Donation Fortnight-2020

    Hyderabad : Vice President, Shri Venkaiah Naidu to address at the Valedictory Function Camba, a project of Saksham on National Eye Donation Fortnight-2020 on 8th September Virtually on Facebook, Instagram on other social media platforms of sakshamseva.org. It will be held from 4.45 pm to 6 pm. It is an initiative of CAMBA. CAMBA is a […]

    Higher Calcium level in the blood – Is it a danger?

    Vijayawada : A 24-year-old female, Kanaka Durga came to Manipal hospitals Vijayawada with recurrent bone fractures and unexplained Pancreatitis. On further evaluation Manipal doctors diagnosed that she was suffering from a parathyroid gland disorder, which was causing elevated calcium levels in the blood, which in turn resulted in the above complications.  Upon further scans, it was […]

    The symptoms of colorectal cancer and piles such as constipation and blood in the stools overlap and the cancer is mistaken as piles

    by Sachin Murdeshwar Mumbai: Colorectal cancer is cancer that starts in the colon or the rectum. In simple language, it is the cancer of the large intestine.The polyps (mushroom shaped swellings in the inner wall of the colon/rectum) that can turn into cancer can be found and removed if detected in its early stages. It […]

    Nanotechnology in Theranosticsand Nutraceuticals intervention for GI cancers

     Article by Dr. Anubhab Mukherjee, Ph.D Principal Scientist | Esperer Onco Nutrition Pvt. Ltd. | R&D Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, the 5th most common malignancy involving epigenetic, genetic, and environmental factors withhigh rate of human demise,still remains a daunting challengeto be circumvented.Of many, MicrosatelliteInstability (MSI) triggered by DNA mismatch repair deficiencyis a crucial prognostic as well as […]

    Nine year old COVID +ve cancer patient successfully treated with Bone Marrow Transplant

    Mumbai: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH) in Mumbai performed a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) procedure on a nine year old girl. The patient Devyani, a resident of Kalyan and her father who was the donor were both tested positive for COVID 19 just before the transplant. Since a planned BMT rendered chance of a cure […]