The American Diabetes Association® (ADA), a sponsor of the 2023 Magic City Classic (MCC), and Genentech, anchor partner of the ADA’s Health Equity Now® program, launched the Eye Pledge to Fight Diabetes. This program encourages people with diabetes and their loved ones to get an annual eye exam, which are shown to help reduce the risk of diabetes-related […]
A recent clinical trial funded by Cancer Research UK has found that administering chemotherapy before surgery can significantly lower the risk of colon cancer recurrence. The FOxTROT trial, led by the University of Birmingham and the University of Leeds, involved 1,053 colon cancer patients from 85 hospitals across the UK, Denmark, and Sweden. The trial […]
In a remarkable feat of medical expertise, MGM Healthcare, the premier quaternary care hospital in Chennai, successfully performed a complex brain surgery on a day-old newborn, saving the infant’s life. The skilled team, led by Dr. L.S. Harishchandra, a specialist in pediatric, epilepsy, and movement disorder surgery, collaborated with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit headed […]
A 14-year-old boy from Ethiopia with stunted growth and bony deformities was given a new lease of life by his father as a kidney donor at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore. The child was diagnosed with a condition called posterior urethral valves which causes blockage to the flow of urine. He underwent two surgeries for the […]
The changing lifestyle has increased spine-related problems across the world, and in India, it is on the alarming rise mainly due to unhealthy lifestyles, bad postures and sedentary jobs, stressful work-flow, and environmental degradation. The common problem majority of Indian face is – back pain because a sedentary lifestyle leads to weak muscles and ligaments, […]
Dr Chandrashekhar Kulkarni, CVTS Surgeon And Heart And Lung Transplant Surgeon Mumbai successfully performed a complex minimally invasive cardiac surgery on a 34-year Yemeni woman giving her a fresh lease of life at Global Hospital. The woman was diagnosed with a benign cardiac tumour which recently had grown in size to reach 6 cms thus endangering […]
In a rare case of esophageal diverticulum, a 59 year old man from Yangon, Myanmar underwent a successful robot assisted minimally invasive surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals (apollohospitaldelhi).The man had been complaining of frequent episodes of vomiting/regurgitation of food after almost every meal since last 4 years. He had visited multiple doctors in his native country but inability […]
Shree Mahavir Jain Hospital conducted a Free Eye Check up on 14th and 15th of November. A Pediatric Ophthalmology Camp was coordinated by an accomplished team of medical experts headed by Dr. Shruti Mittal. Free eye surgeries was offered to children under the age of 14 after thorough examination. “Vision defects among children is serious […]
The Christ Hospital Health Network, known for providing the best, most compassionate care for its community, is the first in Ohio to adopt MOLLI Surgical’s wire-free and radiation-free breast cancer localization technology: MOLLI®. The MOLLI device features the smallest localization marker on the market that precisely marks where tumors are located prior to breast cancer […]
A team headed by Dr Dimple Chudgar, Gynecologist, Apollo Spectra Mumbai, gave a fresh lease of life to a woman with Stage lV Endometriosis Suffering from many year. he patient who had a previous history of 3 complex surgeries for endometriotic chocolate cysts underwent successful surgery for the fourth time. Now, she has resumed her […]
