New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed the Nodal Officers in charge of District Residency Programme (DRP) to deploy PG medicos in the flood/disaster-affected areas of northern States/UTs. The PG Board of the Apex Medical Commission clarified that the deployment of PG medical […]
Chennai: The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Graduate and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry has secured 4th rank in the medical colleges category in NIRF Rankings 2025 released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi recently. The Institute has risen to the 4th position this year, moving up from its 5th rank in 2024-a testament […]
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court recently expressed shock upon learning that nearly 17 per cent of patients who underwent open heart surgery at the Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS) wing of SCB Medical College & Hospital (SCBMCH), Odisha’s largest government-run healthcare facility, died following the procedure between January 2023 and August 2025. Expressing concern over the […]
Madrid: Routine coronary computed tomography (CCT)-based follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the left main coronary artery did not reduce death, myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina or stent thrombosis compared with symptom-based follow-up, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025 The left main coronary artery supplies […]
Pulsed field ablation did not have superior efficacy to radiofrequency ablation in patients with drug-resistant paroxysmal (intermittent) atrial fibrillation, according to results from a late-breaking trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Patients whose AF is not controlled by antiarrhythmic […]
Self-harm in young people is a major public health concern, rates are rising, and the adolescent years presents a critical period of intervention. Another modern challenge facing adolescents is sleep deficiency, with global reductions in total sleep time and inconsistent sleep patterns, and as many as 70% of teenagers getting inadequate sleep. Published today in […]
Belgium: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC), endorsed by the European Society of Gynecology (ESG), has published its “2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy in the European Heart Journal.” Updating the 2018 version, these critical guidelines integrate new evidence to address cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a primary cause of maternal […]
Pancreatoduodenectomy, also known as the Whipple procedure, is a complex surgical treatment for malignant and benign tumors of the pancreatic head and periampullary region. One of the most technically challenging aspects of this operation is dissection of the uncinate process, particularly when tumors are large and located adjacent to major vessels such as the superior […]
Israel: An 18-year follow-up of adults living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has revealed that more than half develop chronic kidney disease (CKD) over time, including a substantial proportion without a history of lupus nephritis (LN). The findings, published in The Journal of Rheumatology, highlight the serious burden of CKD in SLE and its link […]
Skin cancer, the most common global malignancy, is linked to ultraviolet (UV)-driven serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)synthesis, with its controversial role possibly reflecting cumulative UV exposure. This study aimed to assess the association and causality between 25(OH)D levels and skin cancer risk using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999–2018) data and Mendelian randomization (MR) […]