AFPExemplary life: Capt Lakshmi Sehgal met patients till the endThe HinduA frail Capt Lakshmi Sehgal, who had led the women's wing of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army, met patients at her Kanpur clinic a day before she suffere…
Surgeon removes appendix without patient being told
NHS Lothian has been slammed after a blundering surgeon removed a patient’s appendix without recording it – a mistake that was only discovered eight years later after the patient was wrongly diagnosed with appendicitis.
The Healthcare Short Sales That Never Fit – TheStreet.com
The Healthcare Short Sales That Never FitTheStreet.comJohnson & Johnson's(JNJ) Orthoclone OKT3 (known chemically as muromonab) received FDA approval in 1986 for the prevention of acute transplant rejection, but the technology relied solely on m…
Jobs liver transplant house purchase cost Tennessee $0.5m
The house that Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs bought, near the University of Tennessee Health Science Centre where he had a liver transplant, lost the state $475,000. Related Stories Apple to appeal against court-ordered Samsung adverts Analysts discuss…
20-year-old's life depends on second heart transplant
Aisha Rivera needs to undergo a second heart transplant for her third lease on life. And she is only 20 years old.
Ideal Cures unveil new technology to prolong drug release
Ideal Cures, a leading player based here in film coating material for tablets, pellets and granules of pharma, health and dietary supplement companies, has developed an extended delivery system for tablets used for all classes of drug.
Afinitor (Everolimus) Combo For Breast Cancer Approved By FDA – Medical News Today
BloombergAfinitor (Everolimus) Combo For Breast Cancer Approved By FDAMedical News TodayThe FDA has approved Afinitor (everolimus) in combination with Aromasin (exemestane) for the treatment of some postmenopausal females with advanced hormone-receptor…
A jellyfish could save us from heart attacks – Indian Express
A jellyfish could save us from heart attacksIndian ExpressScientists have created an artificial jellyfish which they claim can be used to develop a new generation of 'biological' pacemakers which do not need electrical signals. Researchers at t…
Car pollution puts kids at risk of asthma – Times of India
Car pollution puts kids at risk of asthmaTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More …. A study of 2860 primary school children representing most states in Australia revealed that nitrogen dioxide (NO2), found in motor…
Movement brings focus on organ donation in Kochi
Edakkattuvayil panchayat could perhaps begin a mass movement for organ donation — both live and cadaver. Considering the people’s eagerness in making their contribution for 17-year old Swathi Kris…