Days after the prime minister made a statement that the top pharmaceutical companies bribe doctors with women, gadgets or foreign trips, the Indian Medical Association(IMA) has taken a strong exception to the statement. The IMA, in its statement, asked the PM to deny or prove the alleged statement. They also demanded that the PM should […]
In a breakthrough, a team of researchers from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland say they’ve invented a machine that can preserve the human livers from organ donors for a week. This vital technology could increase the number of livers available for transplantation and offer new approaches to treating diseases such as liver cancer. The […]
Rajasthan chapter of the Indian Medical Association(IMA) has directed the doctors in Bhilwara region to follow certain guidelines in interactions with medical representatives to ensure the privacy of conversations. Days before, the prime minister has reportedly met the representatives of top pharmaceutical companies and warned them to not bribe the doctors. Now, following this, IMA […]
The government in its new draft policy has proposed financial support of up to ₹15 lakh under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi for the treatment of rare diseases that require one-time treatment, such as stem cell transplant and organ transplants. The facility will be available if the patient is eligible under Ayushman Bharat’s Pradhan Mantri Jan […]
37°C or 98.6 F. For decades, we all considered this as our normal body temperature! However, the latest studies suggest that this number may be outdated and the cooler is the new normal. According to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the average human body temperature in humans has dropped. […]
Expensive medical infrastructure is one of the main reasons for high-cost treatment. As a result, a large section of Indians cannot access this level of medical treatment as it is well beyond their means. To make the healthcare affordable to the people, a Bengaluru based ENT Surgeon Dr Kumaresh Krishnamoorthy has decided to undertake a […]
“Private medical colleges cannot collect fees from MBBS and BDS students for five years when the course duration was only four-and-a-half years,” says the Telangana high court to the private medical colleges. A student, D Padma Teja, of Warangal district has filed a petition regarding the fee collection by private medical colleges. Following this, a […]
Tuberculosis continues to be a major public burden for years in India. Though the cases have decreased, the overall eradication of the disease is still a dream. In 2016, a study published in the medical journal Lancet said that over a million TB cases might be missing from India’s official statistics. The study estimated that over a […]
The newly revised National List of Essential Medicines(NLEM) may contain new advice on the antibiotics to be used for common infections and to be preserved for the most serious medical conditions. The experts’ committee appointed by the government will prepare a new National List of Essential Medicine(NLEM) to decide the group of antibiotics to be […]
The Indian doctors could take pride in the Gurugram doctors who have saved the life of a baby girl in a rare surgery. The doctors have given ‘Noor’ a new lease of life by performing a liver transplant using a bovine jugular vein of a cow to provide blood circulation to the new liver. Noor, […]