A quarter-sized device developed at Houston Methodist Hospital could significantly alter the course of treatment for Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that affects millions of Americans and has no cure.
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): The medical tourism market is massive and growing rapidly. To put into perspective just how fast this industry is increasing, know that the market was estimated to be worth USD 11.56 billion in 2020, which increased to 13.98 billion in 2021, Cur
Ten young infants born without functioning immune systems and unable to fight infections are on track for better lives thanks to a new gene therapy procedure developed at UC San Francisco.
In a feat that gave a new lease of life to four patients suffering from end-stage kidney failure, the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hospital in Hyderabad performed four kidney transplants within a span of 24 hours.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Mohana Perumal, the 36-year-old farmer from Salem, who also used to drive a rented auto as a secondary profession, got a new lease on life at Rela Hospital with a successful heart transplant from a brain-dead patient in Madu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday to enquire about the recovery of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav who underwent a kidney transplant surgery in Singapore.
Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Misa Bharti on Tuesday extended gratitude to the people for their wishes on the behalf of her father Lalu Prasad Yadav who underwent a kidney transplant surgery in Singapore on the previous day.
Lalu, 74, has been suffering from acute kidney complications for some time and the doctors advised him a kidney transplant. His daughter Rohini Acharya came forward to be his donor.
A Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and PS Narasimha said, "Having due regard to the above grievance, we are of the considered view that it would be appropriate if the matter is examined by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare."
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a profound impact on all facets of the medical industry but according to official data, active coordination and revival of their public hospitals have increased organ donations and transplantation programmes in Delhi.
The study has shown that in the regions where the seven largest motorcycle rallies were held throughout the United States between 2005 and 2021, there were 21 per cent more organ donors per day, on average, and 26 per cent more transplant recipients per day, on average, during these events,
Depression is more common in stroke patients, which has an adverse influence on the recovery of cognitive and functional abilities, according to researchers.