Change in food habits blamed for high esophageal cancer
Trichy: Some like it hot and spicy, but doctors warn that consuming very hot or too spicy food regularly could lead to cancer of the esophagus. Already, the change in…
Abbott discontinues selling Xience Alpine stents in India
New Delhi, Apr 26 : Healthcare firm Abbott today said it has fulfilled all the requirements to discontinue its Xience Alpine drug-eluting stent in India and will not be selling…
Pay Rs 2 lakh relief to man sent to mental hospital by judge for losing temper: Delhi High Court
NEW DELHI: It is rare that a high court of the land apologise. The Delhi high court did on Thursday, to a 71-year-old man who spent 20 days in a…
Delhi: Routine surgeries off for a day at AIIMS
NEW DELHI: All routine surgeries scheduled for Friday at AIIMS have been cancelled. The outpatient services at the premier medical institute, which is visited by over 8,000 patients from across…
New technique for hip surgery at IGIMS soon
PATNA: The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) will soon start hip surgery involving a new bone-nailing technique that requires smaller incision. This technique would help lower mortality and…
Medical college dean sacked for providing government misleading info
MUMBAI: A month after issuing him a show-cause notice, the medical education department on Wednesday relieved government-run Kolhapur Medical College acting dean Jaiprakash Ramanand for providing misleading information to the…
Delhi HC may sell shares of Singh Brothers to recover Daiichi’s Rs 3,500 crore award
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought a list of all unpledged traded shares disclosed by Malvinder and Shivinder Singh and other respondents so that they can be used…
New twist in Fortis fight: Renuka Ramnath resigns from panel reviewing offers
A member of the external expert committee set up by the Fortis board to review offers for the company has resigned a day before the committee was to table its…
489 doctors found absent from duty in Raj, says govt
Jaipur: Following an RTI revelation that more than 40% of MBBS doctors who cleared the examination for medical officers at government hospitals, did not join duty, now health department has…
Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
WASHINGTON – Medicare says it plans to require hospitals to post their standard prices online and to make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. The head of the…
