The wait for a donor's organIndian ExpressThe surgery in July marked a milestone event as it was Mumbai's first ever lung transplant and the sixth in the country, the previous five having been performed at various hospitals in South India since…
Patent rights, a fillip for Natco PharmaHindu Business LineIn March this year Natco Pharma got the first-ever compulsory licence to manufacture sorafenib tosylate, a generic version of Bayer's expensive anti-cancer drug used in the treatment of liv…
Medicaid Factors into CF Lung TransplantsMedPage TodayPatients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are Medicaid recipients are less likely to be accepted for lung transplantation than those who are privately insured, a national cohort study found. After adju…
Did CHP Officer's Organ Donation Convince You to Become a Donor?Patch.comYoungstrom was listed as an organ donor and four individuals were given the gift of life through his organ and tissue donations. During the surgery to recover Officer Youngstr…
Zee NewsMaha govt makes certification of brain death mandatoryZee NewsMumbai: With a view to streamline procedures for coordinating organ transplant, the Maharashtra government has made it mandatory to declare `brain death` and certify it accordingly. …
Massage therapy as an alternative to surgery for heart patients?India.Com HealthThe enhanced external counter pulsation (EECP) therapy, commonly used in countries like China but yet to catch on in a big way in India, involves strapping large blood-pres…
Indian Hospital Group to train Doctors in GhanaDaijiworld.comAccra, Sep 16 (IANS): India's Apollo Hospital Group will conduct a medical camp in Ghana to provide affordable treatment to people suffering from liver and heart diseases as part of a spe…
Zee NewsMaha govt makes certification of brain death mandatoryBusiness StandardWith a view to streamline procedures for co-ordinating organ transplant, the Maharashtra government has made it mandatory to declare 'brain death' and certify it acc…
New drug to cut asthma attacks by 20pcTimes of IndiaResearchers have developed a new drug that reduces the number of asthma attacks by more than a fifth – offering hope to hundreds of thousands of patients who suffer from the most severe form of the de…
529 Bulgarians join blood donation campaign in SofiaFocus NewsSome 529 people have joined the blood donation campaign in the capital city Sofia since its beginning, the press office of the Ministry of Healthcare, which is the organiser of the campaign,…