Bengaluru: Dr Banarji B H, Senior Consultant Orthopedics and Specialist Shoulder Surgeon from Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru, has been awarded a patent for an invention titled ‘Device and Apparatus for Arthroscopic Carpal Tunnel Release’. This patented device marks a significant advancement in orthopedic surgery, offering a revolutionary approach to treating carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This […]
Cancer is a disease that everybody fears. The moment anybody is detected with cancer, the eminent death comes into the patient’s mind. Today, medical science has developed many newer treatment modalities that can take care of cancer. There has been huge progress in the last decade in the management of cancer. Often, many patients require […]
New Delhi: Describing the current status of the health infrastructure in the National Capital and what’s plaguing it, a committee constituted by the Delhi High Court has filed a comprehensive interim report with recommendations to improve the medical services in Delhi. The 267-page interim report has been drafted by the six-member committee headed by Dr […]
New Delhi: Taking note of around 50% vacancies of specialists in the Delhi-based hospitals, a committee constituted by the Delhi High Court has suggested paying remuneration based on working hours to the visiting consultants to deal with the shortage of specialists. In its Interim Report, the panel suggested that visiting consultants from the private sector can […]
Here are the top medical news for the day: Study finds prebiotics and probiotics effect on depression and obesity A recent study published in the journal Nutrients discovered the interactions between depression and nutrition, coupled with exercise. Obesity and depression frequently co-occur, along with anxiety disorders, sharing a bidirectional relationship. Depression often leads to comfort […]
New Delhi: Drug giant Sanofi has received a nod for an alternative injectable vaccine, IMOVAX-Polio, to replace the widely used Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) ShanIP in the India. IMOVAX-Polio shares the same composition and formulation as ShanIPV. It has been employed in over 100 countries for more than 40 years. “We wish to assure all stakeholders […]
Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. and Bayer announced that both companies have entered into a partnership to market and distribute a second brand of Vericiguat in India. Under the terms of this agreement, Bayer has granted non-exclusive rights to Dr. Reddy’s under the brand name Gantra. Vericiguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulator, in India, is […]
Gurugram: A 30-year-old man suffering from multiple traumatic experiences till he attained 16 years of age due to domestic abuse was successfully treated by the doctors at the Marengo Asia Hospitals Gurugram through a key hole surgery. The comprehensive approach taken by Marengo Asia Hospitals Gurugram, led by Dr Himanshu Champaneri, highlights the importance of […]
Korea: A subgroup analysis of the RENOVATE-COMPLEX-PCI trial including 1639 patients showed no significant interaction between treatment strategy and sex in patients undergoing complex PCI with the treatment benefit of intravascular imaging–guided PCI. “In the analysis, intravascular imaging guidance was associated with reducing the risk of target vessel failure in both women and men,” the […]
Rahway: Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has announced it has initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating MK-1084, an investigational oral selective KRAS G12C inhibitor, in combination with KEYTRUDA for the first-line treatment of certain patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor KRAS G12C mutations and […]