Medical

London: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday is deeply concerned over the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu infections in humans and other species. “I think this remains an...

New Delhi: Developing vaccines to prevent fatal diseases can take years. Fortunately, the first vaccine for COVID-19 was developed in just nine months. In what will be considered as a...

Berhampur: A Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme was conducted at Sitalapalli campus of SUM Hospital here to focus on effective implementation of hospital infection control (HIC) practices which are considered...

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...