Dr. Parinitha GuthaSenior Consultant Paediatric Oncology/HematologyAmerican Oncology Institute, Hyderabad Children’s Cancers are rare compared to those in adults. Worldwide, around 3 lakh children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year and 80% of them live in developing countries. As infectious diseases are becoming more controlled in children, cancer is emerging to be the leading […]
· 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 […]
Dr. Srinath GuptaMusculoskeletal OncosurgeonHBNI Fellow – Orthopaedic Oncology (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai)Jr. Consultant – KIMS, Sec-bad Bone tumors are of two types – malignant and benign. Malignant bone tumors account up to 6% of all childhood malignancies. The most common primary malignant bone tumors in paediatric age group are Osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma. Chemotherapy plays […]
Mumbai: Netsurf Network, one of the leading direct selling companies in India has recently revamped its Joint Care nutraceutical under the health & wellness brand Naturamore. The product is for optimum joint care function of the body. Joint pain is no longer a discomfort that only affects elderly people. Young adults in their 20s are […]
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 […]
Chennai : In what is verified as the first ever instance in India, the ‘Gene exon skipping therapy’ has been delivered to a 10-year-old who is suffering from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). This is so far the most advanced and definitive treatment for DMD. Dr. K. Raghavan of Kenmax Multispeciality Hospital successfully delivered the Vyondys 53, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
New Delhi: A multi-disciplinary team of doctors at Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh treated an 18-month of infant suffering from Trigonocephaly. A rare condition in which the shape of front of the head is triangular, causing aesthetic and neuropsychological development defects. Such a case is not only surgically challenging, but it also requires meticulous planning. A […]
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