Guwahati: As part of its ongoing investigation to crackdown quacks in Assam, a quack was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly cheating patients by practising without having a valid medical degree for the past 40 years. The quack allegedly duped patients for over four decades and reportedly practised in Assam and Bengal with a fake […]
Ahmedabad: Pharma major Zydus Lifesciences has announced that the company has received Post Application Action Letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for the inspection conducted at the Ahmedabad API facility, confirming that the inspected facility has been considered as ready to commercially manufacture and supply the API. This facility underwent for-cause cGMP surveillance and […]
Here are the top health news for the day: Open school students eligible for MBBS entrance exam Now all the candidates who have passed their 10+2 exam from open schools will be eligible to appear in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the Supreme Court has recently observed that all the open schools recognized by […]
Vellore: In a shocking incident, a second-year post-graduate medical student at the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) Vellore recently became the victim of alleged physical assault by a patient and her male companion. The doctor was physically assaulted after he raised concerns about the presence of male visitors in the women’s ward. The Vellore Taluk […]
Telangana: In a significant move to curb the menace of falsified drugs, the Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, has issued a Spurious Drug Alert and Stop Use Notice for all drugs claiming to be manufactured by ‘Meg Lifesciences.’ Telangana Drug Control Administration has become aware that certain drugs claimed on the label as manufactured by ‘Meg […]
Functional somatic syndromes (FSSs), defined as chronic physical symptoms with no identifiable organic cause, may impact results after hip and knee arthroplasty. Masood et al conducted a study to perform a systematic review assessing the relationship between FSSs and clinical outcomes after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), total knee arthroplasty (TKA), and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty […]
Bhavnagar: When Ganesh Baraiya wanted to take admission to medical college, the erstwhile Medical Council of India (MCI) now National Medical Commission (NMC) did not believe that he was capable of becoming a doctor, because he is all of three-feet tall. But he did not let the MCI rejection trip him up, and today he is […]
Foster City: Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Merus N.V. have announced a research collaboration, option and license agreement to discover novel dual tumor-associated antigens (TAA) targeting trispecific antibodies. Gilead and Merus agreed to collaborate on the use of Merus’ proprietary Triclonics platform along with Gilead’s oncology expertise to research and develop multiple, separate preclinical research programs. Merus […]
New Delhi: An eight-year-old boy from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramullah has received a new lease of life after undergoing a challenging life-saving cardiac procedure at an Army hospital here, officials said on Tuesday. The pediatric cardiology team of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), “In an extraordinary medical achievement, successfully performed a high-risk transcatheter (non-surgical) […]
Spain: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of 167 patients with frailty and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) showed an early harm followed by later benefit with an initial invasive strategy, resulting in a neutral effect on survival at 4 years. “A routine invasive strategy did not reduce the number of days […]