In an LDLT, a piece of a healthy liver is removed from the donor and transplanted into the patient. Statistics show that Delhi conducts up to 20 times more liver transplants than Mumbai.

Four rape cases reported in 48 hrsChandigarh TribuneAccording to the World Health Organisation, more than 50 per cent patients do not take medicines correctly worldwide and even in India, health experts have expressed concern over the increasing trend …

Alcohol vaccine for immediate hangover to be tested in Indiapharmabiz.comUsually, the liver turns alcohol into the hangover-causing compound called acetaldehyde which is then broken down by a metabolising enzyme, stated the Universidad de Chile release…

Traditional Indian medicines offer OA reliefRheumatology UpdateArthritis remedies used in the traditional Ayurvedic medicine practised on the Indian subcontinent are as effective in knee osteoarthritis as other widely used alternatives, researchers say…

LIVER: A VITAL ORGANGreaterKashmir.comLive Donor Liver Transplant (LDLT) has removed many bottlenecks and strengthened such programs especially in India. Author is Former Director, Chairman Dept. of Medicine, Professor Gastroenterology, Sher-I-Kashmir …

India to See a Rise in Organ DonationsINDOlinkIn 2012 Mumbai witnessed 43 kidneys and 18 livers being donated. However, the situation seems gloomy in the rest of the nation as organs are obtainable to only 10 percent of the patients who need them, said…

In the edgy world of organ donation, where demand far outstrips supply, four cadaver liver donors found no takers in the city due to the lack of a registry of recipients. While one found a taker in Mumbai and another awaits one, two …