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  • 10 YO Girl Chokes on Almond; Columbia Asia Doctors Remove Broken Pieces and Restore Breathing

    Pune: Poor eating habits are known to cause nutritional deficiencies in children. However, a 10-year-old girl here had a brush with serious breathing problem when she choked on an almond she was eating during playtime and was brought in the emergency department of Columbia Asia Hospital,Pune. “The child named (Sakshi)  was brought to us with […]

    Stretchable, wearable coils may make MRI, other medical tests easier on patients

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Anyone who has had a mammogram or an MRI knows how uncomfortable and awkward the tests can be. Now, Purdue University researchers have taken technology used in the defense and aerospace industries to create a novel way of doing some medical imaging. One reason the tests are uncomfortable is that they often use […]

    Support grows for technology aimed at turning bad fat to good fat, to treat millions with obesity, diabetes

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A significant investment from a Purdue University alumnus and his wife will help further develop technology aimed at treating obesity and diabetes by turning bad fat into good fat inside the body. David Campbell, a 1978 graduate from Purdue’s Krannert School of Management, and his wife, Michelle, are residents of Old Hickory, Tennessee. They […]

    Erectile dysfunction successfully treated with a penile implant surgery at Gleneagles Global Hospital, Hyderabad

    Hyderabad : A 68-year-old man from Saudi Arabia successfully underwent semi-rigid penile prosthesis implantation performed by an expert team of Urologists from Gleneagles Global Hospital, Lakdi-ka-pul, Hyderabad. The patient was diabetic and was under medication for several years. As the medical treatment failed, the doctors decided to go with an implant to treat his erectile dysfunction. […]

    Abbott launches new four-strain flu vaccine for wide protection against influenza

      By Sachin Murdeshwar MUMBAI:, the global healthcare company, recently launched a new inactivated quadrivalent vaccine for influenza, the first of its kind sub-unit vaccine offering protection against four virus strains, in India. It is the only 0.5 ml quadrivalent flu vaccine in India that has been approved for use in children below 3 years. […]

    Joseph White, PT, DPT Joins Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Performance in their New Clinic in Pembroke

    PEMBROKE, BRAINTREE, NORWELL, SCITUATE, QUINCY AND HANOVER MA,:Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Performance, a South Shore practice specializing in unique programs that provide comprehensive treatment in orthopedic, spine and sports medicine specialties, is pleased to announce that Joseph White, PT, DPT of Bridgewater, MA, has joined the team and will treat patients at the newly […]

    Health Camps, Robust Initiatives and Important Events Mark AMRI Hospital’s Ideal Start To The New Year

    AMRI Hospitals, one of Eastern India’s leading private hospital chains, has always intended to set new benchmarks in healthcare to offer affordable and easily accessible medical facilities to the general public. The group has started the New Year on a right note, with the first month of 2020 witnessing numerous health camps, robust initiatives and […]

    All you need to know about Epilepsy and emergency guidelines

    Epilepsy is a chronic and debilitating disorder, which causes recurrent seizures, sometimes without any apparent cause. The term ‘epilepsy’ encompasses a group of neurological diseases, that is, conditions that affect the nervous system, characterized by epileptic seizures commonly referred to as ‘fits’. A seizure occurs when there is an abrupt burst of electrical activity in […]

    In A Rare Case, Kidneys Weighing 7 Kgs and 5.8 Kgs were removed from a 41-year-old patient at Global Hospital, Mumbai

    by Sachin Murdeshwar Mumbai : Surgeons have cut kidneys weighing 7 kgs and 5.8 kgs out of a manwith a life-threatening genetic disorder, Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Combining weight of both the kidneys, 12.8 kgs is one of the biggest ever removed in an operation in India. A team headed by Dr Pradeep Rao Director – Urology and Renal Transplant, […]

    50-Year-Old Mumbai Woman Cheats Death After Undergoing A Timely Angioplasty With 7 Stents at Wockhardt Hospital, South Bombay

    by Sachin Murdeshwar Mumbai : A team lead by Dr. Ravi Gupta, Cardiologist, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central helped a 50-year-old Mumbai woman escape death by successfully carrying out an angioplasty on her with the help of 7 medicated stents in her arteries to improve the functioning of her heart. Stents were inserted in 3 big vessels – 2 […]