Bone Marrow Transplant successes raise hope of cure of sickle sickness in India

New Delhi: Kylie, 10 months old Ugandan girl, is now completely free from Sickle Cell sickness, thanks to Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) in Apollo two months ago. The same is…

‘Achhe Din’ for Patients- Dr G Gyani

New Delhi: Dr Giridhar Gyani, founder Director General of Association of Healthcare providers of India (AHPI), is sorted and well combed. He is widely known for his penchant for quality…

Kids In Bihar Dying Due To Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Symptoms And Connection With Litchi fruit toxin

PATNA/ MUZAFFARPUR: Is the recent deaths of 60 children aged below 10 years in Muzaffarpur and its neighboring districts linked to the luscious Litchi? If the advisory issued by the…

Scientists find antibiotics are no more potent against helicobacter infections in Karnataka

Karnataka . A new study has found that Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that resides in human stomach and causes ulcers, gastritis and stomach cancers, has gained so much resistance to two commonly…

FSSAI, the food regulator, made food safety its business in earnest

New Delhi: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the food regulator, tasted all round admiration for making food safety its business and everyone else’s business in its first…

New breast cancer drug increased by 30%, chances of recovering quickly

CHICAGO: A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of younger women with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an…

Did you know Most of the time, dentists of the dentist also write antibiotics without need.

WASHINGTON DC: Antibiotics prescribed by dentists as prevention against infections are 81 per cent of the times unnecessary. According to a study published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’, antibiotics…

A Rare Liver Transplant @Apollo saved 5 month old baby

New Delhi: Two dire conditions seemed to have conspired against 5 year old baby weighing barely 4.5 kg but doctors at Apollo frustrated the design. Diagnosed with rare Budd Chiari…

BLK Hospital will ‘treat’ airs in its vicinity too

New Delhi: BLK Super speciality hospital is acutely mindful of the sorry state of airs in Delhi and its debilitating effect on the health of people, especially that of kids.…

Nightmarish Health Prospects await Kids perforce born Smokers in Delhi

New Delhi: If you become a parent in Delhi, it is given that your bundle of joy is born with a nightmarish health prospect. All kids are born chain smokers…