Statins can help cut cancer riskTimes of IndiaCholesterol-lowering statins, which are taken every day by millions of people to reduce risk of heart disease and stroke, has now been shown to dramatically cut the chance of developing deadly liver cancer,…
SINGAPORE: Singapore surgeons have successfully performed the country’s first simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplant.
The first simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant in Singapore was successfully carried out last month by a team of surgeons from the National University Hospital (NUH) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH).
Zee News`Heart disease set to spike in India`Zee NewsNew Delhi: India is set to witness a spike in deaths due to heart diseases, far exceeding that of China, with more and more younger people falling victim and a large percentage of patients coming fro…
Bill Reitsma of the New Jersey Sharing Network had come to the ICU with an important question: Would the boy’s mother consent to donating his organs to help others live?
What are the risk factors for cardiovascular diseaseTimes of IndiaA recent study by Fortis Escorts Heart Institute stated that by 2030, 23 million people in India will die of heart diseases annually. Of these, women and young adults are likely to be a …
Wall Street JournalTB Immune to Drugs Proves Hard to DetectWall Street JournalDrug-resistant tuberculosis is going largely undetected in many countries, threatening progress made against the pernicious lung disease over the past decade, according to da…
Mid-DayFormer India goalie Bandya Kakade no moreDaily News & AnalysisFormer India goalkeeper Bandya Kakade, a member of the squad that won bronze medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, passed away here on Wednesday. Family said the67-year-old former…
Nephroplus ties up with Medicity Hospitals in Hyderabad to launch 11 dialysis …pharmabiz.comWith the tie-up of Medicity Hospitals, Nephroplus has embarked on the launch of its 11th kidney dialysis centre here in South India. So far the firm has estab…
Doctors want radio band to interact with implantsTimes of India… a chartered accountant, with arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). The implant had a chip that could ping the doctor. Since then many patients have been given similar implants. "But n…