Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is one of the essential treatment modalities used in blood cancers along with chemotherapy. Rarely bone marrow transplant can be done for patients with solid cancers as elaborated below. BMT replaces stem cells destroyed during
Most common and important arthropod born viral febrile illness in humans caused by one of four dengue viruses. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, (aedes aegypti, aedes albopictus), which are widely distributed in sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. Incidence of dengue has
The article is been contributed by Dr Ravi Gopal Varma, Lead Consultant - Neurosurgery & Chief of Neurosciences, Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore Brain tumor is a disorder where the brain cells multiply abnormally. The exact cause of brain cancer is unknown. However, factors that can increase your
Normally when a patient gets ARDS (Acute respiratory distress syndrome) due to reasons other than Covid-19, they do pretty well with mechanical ventilators such is not the scenario with Covid-19 Pneumonia/ARDS. Dr Samrat D Shah, consultant internist at Bhatia says, with his experience of treating
Most of health care is far too distracted by the global pandemic of COVID-19. These are difficult times, professionally and personally.Doctors are in the thick of this pandemic, fighting from the front and performing their duties untiringly. Separated from their families—children, spouses, aging parents—indefinitely, moving
