Medical

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way to make a popular pain reliever and other valuable products from plants instead of petroleum. Building...

Washington: Two-and-a-half weeks after becoming the world’s first successful recipient of pig-to-human kidney transplant, Rick Slayman has been discharged from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the USA. The news was...

Bhubaneswar: Doctors at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) completely cured a 61-year-old man of prostate cancer with a sophisticated laparoscopic surgery. Led by Dr Sumanta Mishra, Associate Professor and...

Bhubaneswar: An elderly African patient underwent a successful endoscopic surgery at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here recently. Surgeons at the hospital here performed the surgery on Joseph Youmsi, an...

Cuttack: Successfully performing a rare surgery, doctors at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack removed a needle from the heart of a patient. The condition of patient,...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar’s department of Paediatrics saved the life of a nine-year-old boy by performing a ground-breaking bronchoscopic intervention to remove a stitching needle which was lodged in his lungs....

Cuttack: A government doctor was caught red-handed while conducting prenatal sex determination test at his residence at Friends Colony in Odisha's Cuttack city during a surprise raid by a team...

New Delhi: The ills and advantages of artificial intelligence (AI) have been a topic of huge debate and discussion. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sounded a warning recently, saying that...

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to sign its pandemic treaty so that the world can prepare for potentially dangerous ‘Disease X.’ WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus...

London: The University of Oxford has begun human testing of an experimental vaccine against the deadly brain-swelling Nipah virus that led to outbreaks in Kerala and other parts of Asia, reported...