Dr. Govardhan K Reddy, Director Renal Transplant and Uro-Oncology, Urology & Andrology, Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru The phrase "silent killer" gets thrown around a lot in medicine, but when it comes to kidney cancer in India, it hits painfully close to home. For decades, kidney cancer was
Dr. Ajith Kumar A K, Lead Consultant Critical Care at , Aster Whitefield Hospital Three years after her health scare shocked fans around the world, Madonna has shared new details about what happened during her 2023 hospitalisation. The Queen of Pop, in older interviews, had revealed that she
Age is no barrier to cancer surgery, says Dr. Avinash Reddy In a remarkable medical milestone, doctors at Kamineni Hospital successfully performed a complex radical nephrectomy (complete removal of the cancer affected kidney) on a 91-year-old patient diagnosed with an aggressive form of Renal Cell Carcinoma
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking the immediate operationalisation of the ₹400-crore Super Speciality Block at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital, alleging that the delay is depriving patients of critical healthcare services despite the completion of
A cancer patient seeking access to a life-saving medicine has died after her petition was reportedly listed for hearing 57 times without a final resolution, reigniting concerns over delays in cases involving access to essential medicines. The incident has prompted the Working Group on Access
A lung transplant may offer a survival advantage for carefully selected patients with advanced lung cancer confined to the lungs, according to a new study published in JAMA. The findings suggest that transplantation could become a treatment option for patients who have exhausted conventional therapies
Dr. Vishakha Agarwal, Oral and Maxillofacial Oncosurgeon at HCG Cancer Centre Vadodara How long should a mouth ulcer last before you worry? When does a hoarse voice stop being "just a cold"? And could a seemingly harmless lump in the neck be more than a swollen gland? For many
The World Health Organization has warned that the number of new cancer cases worldwide could rise to nearly 35 million annually by 2050 unless countries urgently strengthen cancer prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. The warning comes in the WHO Global Status Report on
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven 11-gene blood test that could pave the way for affordable and non invasive early detection of multiple cancers, marking another significant step in the use of AI for precision oncology. The novel test analyzes platelet RNA to identify
Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which disease causing fungi suppress the human immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for more effective treatments against life threatening fungal infections and antifungal resistant "superbugs." The study, conducted using zebrafish models and human immune
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