You can now go to a district hospital and expect treatment like you would get at a private hospital. Private health care providers have decided to put about Rs 250 crores into district hospitals, to turn their services around. Of …
A new US study found that psychopaths lack the basic hard-wiring in the brain the enables most people to feel compassion or caring. ‘A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with psychopathy,’ said …
A new MRI machine that can detect persistent pain in a patient by scanning the body in a standing, sitting and myriad other positions is available in India now. Doctors at Indrapratha Apollo Hospital - where it was introduced - …
Patients suffering from cancer often need to go through Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Positron emission tomography (PET scan). They are done to diagnose cancers, for checking their spread or to figure out the progress …
In a rare surgery, doctors from Jehangir Hospital in Pune successfully created a new bladder on a two-year-old girl from Yemen. She was born with a unique birth defect wherein she had no urinary bladder and had only one kidney. A …
29th September is World Heart Day
One morning Rahul, a cheerful and healthy-appearing 29 year old, was unable to bounce out of his bed as usual and needed help to arise from the bed. After a few anxious moments he felt alright …
Now doctors at AIIMS’ JPN Trauma Centre can access medical reports like CT scans, X-rays and MRI results on the go. The software is called Picture Archive Communication System (PACS), which allows docs to check out their …
