Blind spots, zig-zag lines, or seeing stars? It could be ‘The Ocular Migraine'

Columns |  Views | By Dr Arindam Dey | 0 Comment | 15 Feb, 2019

Flashes of light, shimmering stars and a fade to black. While this may sound like the climactic end to a sci fi movie, don’t be fooled. These are the symptoms people may experience wh...Read more

Better healthcare infrastructure, comprehensive planning for fighting cancer

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Vivek Belathur | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2019

Cancer cases in India will multiply five times by 2025 according to a report by the World Health Organization. Even after adjusting population growth, the new cancer cases have increased by...Read more

A Pap Smear Test or Liquid Based Cytology for detecting cervical cancer

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Dimpy Irani | 0 Comment | 11 Feb, 2019

A Pap smear test, also known as a Papanicolaou test/ Liquid Based Cytology (LBC), is a screening procedure to detect cervical cancer in women, which is caused by a sexually transm...Read more

Timely diagnosis can reduce lung cancer deaths

Columns |  Features | By Dr Sandeep Sewlikar  | 0 Comment | 11 Feb, 2019

We all know about breast cancer, oral cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, blood cancer and lung cancer. What we may not know is that the cancer type afflicting the most number of people w...Read more

World Leprosy Day

Columns |  Views | By Dr Swati Rajagopal | 0 Comment | 30 Jan, 2019

According to the recent data recorded by World Health Organisation (WHO), India still accounts for 60% of global burden of leprosy. Despite the official claims of achieving eradic...Read more

Kidney Disease Treatment- Kidney disorders symptoms, types, treatment

Columns |  Features | By Mr. Vipul Jain(CEO, Advancells) | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2019

Kidney Disease Treatment by Stem Cells- Kidney serves a vital function in the human body of filtering the excess of water, solutes, blood and waste products which need to be discharged from...Read more

What makes a Hip or Knee Transplant surgery Successful?

Columns |  Views | By Dr. Aashish Chaudhry | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2019

You can blame it on metal and the lack of accountability in the Indian healthcare sector, if hip or knee transplant goes wrong causing a very painful experience to the patients. Right from ...Read more

Evolution of Artificial Intelligence System in healthcare

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Rajeev Boudhankar | 0 Comment | 19 Dec, 2018

Healthcare and Medicine has evolved from the primitive "magic man" to the modern "Artificial Intelligence System". However, the question whether Doctors would be replaced by the Artificial ...Read more

Mortality due to heart diseases increases by 50% in winter

Columns |  Features | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2018

Studies conducted in western countries have shown that the number of heart attacks and related deaths are higher in winter months. The mortality rate due to heart attacks may be as much as ...Read more

The developing Mental Healthcare Industry in India

Columns |  Features | By Tanya Vasunia | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2018

Historically, mental health has been shrouded in secrecy in India. The relationship with mental healthcare has been inconsistent and neglected, if not completely ignored. It is unclear if t...Read more

Latest Angioplasty technique - A boon for renal failure patients

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Karthik Vasudevan | 0 Comment | 12 Dec, 2018

Coronary Angioplasty is a well-established treatment for blockages in the coronary arteries. When performed by an experienced operator in a center where it is routinely done, it is safe and...Read more

Alzheimer disease – the most common cause of dementia

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Vishakhadatta Mathur Kumaraswamy | 0 Comment | 11 Dec, 2018

Alzheimer disease is a neurological disorder that causes memory loss due to early death of brain cells. It is a condition that mostly arises in old age and keeps progressing with time. It a...Read more

Bank on computer navigated total knee replacement surgery

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Bhushan Nariani | 0 Comment | 10 Dec, 2018

Old age, past injuries and several other factors often leave us with lifelong sufferings. Arthritis or joint pain is one such nightmare which is too stubborn in so many cases. If a person i...Read more

Removing Diabetic Capital ignominy needs collective efforts

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Jagadeesh | 0 Comment | 04 Dec, 2018

Diabetes is today among the most prevalent of the ‘lifestyle diseases’ plaguing the country today, and with all strata experiencing a rise in their living standards. Diabetes ha...Read more

Maintaining indoor air quality in hospitals

Columns |  Features | By Sukhbir Sidhu | 0 Comment | 03 Dec, 2018

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) of a healthcare facility by definition involves a variety of factors such as thermal (temperature and relative humidity) conditions, presence of chemical components...Read more

Robotic Thyroidectomy: A scar free way to treat Thyroid

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Surender Kumar Dabas | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

With the advancement of medical sciences and technology in the recent times, almost every disease in the world is curable. Cure for diseases as troublesome as thyroid is just a surgery away...Read more

Early signs to identify Breast Cancer

Columns |  Features | By Dr. Tasneem Contractor | 0 Comment | 30 Oct, 2018

Alarming facts by the Indian Council of Medical Research stated that India might record over 17 lakh new cases of cancer by 2020, of which breast cancer alone accounts for around ...Read more

Mission to triumph over Arthritis

Columns |  News | By Dr Mitta Ashwin Kumar | 0 Comment | 12 Oct, 2018

Arthritis is very common but the condition is not really understood. There are more than 100 forms of arthritis and those which occur commonly are rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psor...Read more